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Vanda testacea

Brick-red vanda

A small to medium monopodial Vanda from the Indian subcontinent to Indochina, carrying spikes of 6–20 small yellow flowers with a blue-violet lip in spring. It grows on trees in monsoonal, often deciduous forest from near the plains to about 2000 m, so it takes bright light, warm wet summers and a pronounced dry, cooler winter.

Vanda testacea
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 seasonal forest, including the dry zone of Sri Lanka, deciduous forest in central India, the Western Ghats and warm Himalayan valleys. Many sites lose much of their canopy in the dry season.

Wikipedia gives 500–2000 m and IOSPE 780–2000 m. GBIF records with an elevation run from about 530 to 1220 m; some herbarium records come from lowland Sri Lanka.

IndiaSri LankaNepalBhutanMyanmarThailandChina (Yunnan)

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✓ 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.