Coelogyne mayeriana

 Coelogyne mayeriana

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) :
    Coelogyne mayeriana a gr uk
  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 inflorescence15 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days
     
CITES appendix II

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