| 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) : | ||
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| 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 | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
