Vanda vipanii

A Vanda from the monsoon hills of Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, first described from a plant grown by J.A.M. Vipan and said to come from the Arakan Hills of Burma. Wild records come from Chin and Shan States and highland Vietnam at about 1,000–1,400 m. Grow it with warm days, cool winter nights and a marked dry winter.

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 of seasonally dry hill forest in Chin and Shan States in Myanmar, with further records from Laos and from Vietnam at 1,200 m. No detail on its host trees or position was found.

The measured sites are at 970 and 1,410 m; one Vietnamese specimen is labelled 1,200 m.

MyanmarThailandVietnam

🔒 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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