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| taxonomy |
described by |
Lindley, John |
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published in |
The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 791 1853 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Arethuseae |
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subtribe |
Coelogyninae |
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genus |
Coelogyne Lindley 1821 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
forests in Malaysia (Temerloh, Pahang, Johore, Maliau Basin), Indonesia (Sumatra),
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The Philippines (Mindanao, Luzon, Visayas, Samar Island) |
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altitude |
50 - 1000 m (165 - 3300 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Tacloban (Samar Island, Visayas, The Philippines) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Tacloban this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 45 m' to 11 h 15 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte or geophyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
45 - 60 cm (18" - 24"), apical |
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nr flowers |
6 - 9, fragrants |
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size |
a flower 10 L 10 cm (4" L 4") - inflorescence 60 L 22 cm (24" L 8.8") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 10 - 15 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 10 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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