Coelogyne sanderiana Rchb.f.

Coelogyne sanderiana Rchb.f., Gard. Chron. ser. 3, 1: 764 (1887).

Coelogyne sanderiana Rchb.f., Photos by Jeffrey Champion

 

its native range is W. Malesia.

Synonyms:

Pleione sanderiana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

English name:

Sander's Coelogyne (English Nurseryman 1800's).

Flower Size:

9.0 cm.

Distribution:

Borneo, Lesser Sunda Is., Sumatera.

Ecological:

In secondary hill forests, moss forests and on sandstone ridges or limestone as a large sized, hot to cool growing terrestrial, epiphyte or lithophyte on rocks at elevations of 200 to 1300 m.

Culture:

Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows in warm temperatures with partial shade. Water regularly through the year. Pot in a well drain medium. Pot in a plastic or clay pot with a mix of fine fir bark, tree fern fibers, and perlite or pot in New Zealand sphagnum moss.

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