Vanda pumila

A small Vanda described by Hooker in 1890, ranging from the Himalaya through southern China to Indochina. It has short stems and creamy-yellow, fragrant flowers with a red-striped lip, and grows in hill forest with a cool, dry winter, so it suits intermediate conditions with a winter rest.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trees in monsoon hill forest. The measured sites span lowland Vietnam to the uplands of Yunnan and northern Laos.

Four GBIF records carry elevations of 325–800 m (median 750 m); other sites in Yunnan and Laos lie at about 1,150–1,250 m.

ChinaVietnamIndiaLaosMyanmarThailand

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.