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Bulbophyllum ambrosia
Growing profile
At a glance
- Plant type
- orchid
- Typical size
- small 8–15cm
- Light
- Indirect
- Humidity
- 70–90%
Native context
Distribution and habitat
- Countries
- China, Vietnam
- Elevation
- Lowland (0–500 m)
Derived growing context
Climate range
- Temperature profile
- Cool → Hot
- Mean temperature
- 10–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 13–29 °C
- Night temperature
- 7–22 °C
- Summer mean
- 19–26 °C
- Winter mean
- 9–16 °C
- Temperature span
- 22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3–17 °C
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal, Four seasons
- Adaptability
- Moderately adaptable
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- China
- Vietnam
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Habitat-specific growing context
Rainforest
Consistently wet; high humidity
- Latitude
- Tropical
- Moisture
- Very humid
- Elevation
- Lowland
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 25 °C
- Day temperature
- 28 °C
- Night temperature
- 22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3 °C
Wet forest
Very humid forest; frequent wetness
- Latitude
- Subtropical, Tropical
- Moisture
- Humid, Very humid
- Elevation
- Lowland
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 21–25 °C
- Day temperature
- 24–29 °C
- Night temperature
- 18–22 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 3–8 °C
Moist forest
Moderately humid forest
- Latitude
- Subtropical
- Moisture
- Humid
- Elevation
- Lowland
- Seasonality
- Aseasonal
- Mean temperature
- 21 °C
- Day temperature
- 25 °C
- Night temperature
- 18 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 8 °C
Temperate rainforest
Cool/wet coastal orographic forests
- Latitude
- Cool temperate, Warm temperate
- Moisture
- Very humid
- Elevation
- Lowland
- Seasonality
- Four seasons
- Mean temperature
- 10–16 °C
- Day temperature
- 13–19 °C
- Night temperature
- 7–13 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 14–17 °C
Temperate forest
Four-season forest zones
- Latitude
- Cool temperate, Warm temperate
- Moisture
- Humid
- Elevation
- Lowland
- Seasonality
- Four seasons
- Mean temperature
- 10–16 °C
- Day temperature
- 14–20 °C
- Night temperature
- 7–13 °C
- Annual temperature swing
- 14–17 °C
Seasonal context
- Very small annual temperature swing; fairly consistent through the year
- Pronounced annual temperature swing (temperate climates)
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