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Black orchid

Coelogyne pandurata

Black orchid
Photo: Si Gam, CC BY-SA 4.0

Coelogyne pandurata is a Southeast Asian orchid that grows on trees, rocks or the forest floor in humid tropical forest. It needs warm, humid conditions and good air movement around its pseudobulbs.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Water freely while growing, let the mix dry slightly between waterings, and reduce in the rest period.
Soil
Fast-draining orchid mix of bark and perlite or charcoal.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Malesia to Philippines
Climate
wet tropical

About

Coelogyne pandurata is a species of orchid native to Southeast Asia. It was first described by English botanist John Lindley in 1853 based on a specimen collected from Sarawak in 1852 by Hugh Low.

Where it grows

Coelogyne pandurata can be found in Brunei, Indonesia (Sumatra and Kalimantan), Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak), and possibly the Philippines. It occurs as an epiphyte, lithophyte, or terrestrial plant in lowland and hill forests at elevations of 10–1,000 m (33–3,281 ft).

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coelogyne pandurata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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