Coelogyne calcicola Kerr

Description:  A lithophyte and epiphyte found in lower mountain  forests among limestone at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters as a small to just medium sized, warm to cool growing
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Photorights: Cedric Jancloes

  • Size:  orchid height  30 -45 cm, number of flower 5 - 6 , of about 3 to 5 cm, Pseudobulbs 3-4 cm apart on a stout, creeping, sheathed rhizome, ovoid, 5-10 cm, angled, with 2 leaves, enclosed with persistent bracts at base. Leaf blade oblong-lanceolate or oblong-obovate, 13-20 × 4-5.5 cm,
  • Collector/Witnesses:  Cedric Jancloes CJ011
  • Year Collected:  2011
  • Growing Media:  pot/wood
  • Flowering Period:  june-may
  • Color:  flower , white sometime slightly tinged with pale green, the lip with yellow dise, brown lamellae and fimbriae and 2 orange blotches on mid-lob.
  • Water:  2 to 3 time daily
  • Light:  partial shade
  • Temperature:  12-25°C
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