Coelogyne flexuosa photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
published in | Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 209 1892 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Arethuseae | |
subtribe | Coelogyninae | |
genus | Coelogyne (Pfitzer & Kraenzlin) Clayton 2002 | |
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 | forest in Indonesia (Java, Mt. Tengger, Mt. Arjuno, Jawa, Bedugul) |
altitude | 900 - 1520 m (2970 - 5016 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Gunung Kendil (Java Tengah, Indonesia) | |
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 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Gunung Kendil this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 29 m' to 11 h 31 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | lenght | 25 cm (10"), apical |
nr flowers | 11, fragrants | |
misure | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8 L 0.8") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |