Coelogyne multiflora

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Photographed by: Bryan Ramsay
Photographed by: Creekside Digital
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti
Photographed by: Creekside Digital
Photographed by: Hannele Lahti

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

Accession Number

2007-0742A

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Life Form

Lithophytic

Bloom Characteristics

Inflorescence is 10-18" long with many flowers. Flowers are 1.4" across.

Fragrance

Ginger

Range

N Sulawesi

Habitat

Lower montane forests on fallen trees; 1200m

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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

Data Source

Smithsonian Gardens

Topic

Orchids

Living Collections

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax775363248-1085-4afa-9865-a4766f53dd16

Record ID

ofeo-sg_2007-0742A