Coelogyne viscosa

Coelogyne viscosa

Coelogyne viscosa                                                                                                                                                         photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in     Allgemeine Gartenzeitung  24 : 218    1856
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Arethuseae
  subtribe Coelogyninae
  genus Coelogyne  Lindley 1821
     
  chromosomes 2n = 40 
  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 primary evergreen forest in India (Godok-Todey forest, Kalimpong), Burma (Moulmein),
    Laos (Pho Khao Koouai), Viet Nam, Thailand, China (Yunnan)
  altitude 500 - 2000 m  (1650 - 6600 ft) 
  habitat climate informations from Vientiane (13 km. from Phou Khao Protected Area, Laos)
    Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1250 m / 4125 ft) :
    Coelogyne viscosa a gr uk
  photoperiod in Vientiane this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 10 m' to 10 h 50 m'
  life form epiphyte 
  inflorescence    partial shade 
     
inflorescence      length 7 - 8 cm (2.8" - 3.2"), apical
  nr flowers 3 - 4, fragrant
  size single flower  4 L 4 cm  (1.6" L 1.6")
  duration inflorescence25 - 30 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 5 - 6 days 
     
CITES appendix II

  

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