| 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) : | ||
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| 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 | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
