Coelogyna mayeriana photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | The Gardener's Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 2 : 134 1877 | |
famigly | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Arethuseae | |
subtribe | Coelogyninae | |
genus | Coelogyne Lindley 1821 | |
metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
native of | origins | forests in Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Sandakan), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) |
altitude | 0 - 200 m (0 - 660 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Sandakan (Sabah, Malaysia) | |
Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 100 m / 330 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Sandakan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 22 m' to 11 h 38 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | cm, apical |
nr flowers | 4 - 5, fragrants | |
size | single flower 10 L 12 cm (4" L 4.8") - inflorescence 30 L 18 cm (12" L 7.2") | |
durata | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |