Coelogyne multiflora
Object Details
- Description
- This coelogyne really earns its name! With its foot and a half (half meter) flower spike, covered in dozens upon dozens of fresh ginger-scented flowers, this large orchid is a show stopper.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- June; December
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- N Sulawesi
- Habitat
- Lower montane forests on fallen trees; 1200m
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2007-0742A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- The Many Flowered Coelogyne
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Coelogyne
- Species
- multiflora
- Life Form
- Lithophytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 10-18" long with many flowers. Flowers are 1.4" across.
- Fragrance
- Ginger
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2007-0742A
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