Coelogyne flaccida

Coelogyne flaccida

Coelogyne flaccida                                                                                                                                                        photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Lindley, John
  published in       The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants  39 : 198    1830
     
  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 rainforests in India (Relli-Pala, Neol forest, Kalimpong), Nepal, Bhutan, Laos (Muang Cha, ChiengKwang)
    Thailand, Viet Nam, China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan)
  altitude 800 - 2300 m  (2640 - 7590 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Xingren (Guizhou, China)
    Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) :
    Coelogyne flaccida a gr uk
  photoperiod in Xingren this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 41 m' to 10 h 19 m'
  life form epiphyte 
  brightness   partial shade
     
inflorescence    length 6 cm (2.4"), apical
  nr flowers 4, fragrants
  size single flower  3.5 L 3.5 cm  (1.4" L 1.4") - inflorescence  8 L 8 cm  (3.2" L 3.2")
  duration inflorescence20 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ days   
     
CITES appendix II

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