Accession #: 199100338
Accession Date: 1991-12-31
Common name: The Loose Coelogyne
Family: Orchidaceae
Synonym(s):
Country of Origin: Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
Description:
Uses: Paste of pseudo bulbs is applied to fore head to cure headaches and fever, juice is taken for indigestion.
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USDA Zone:
Source: X-39B
Provenance:
Restrictions:
Culture:
Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows from cool temperatures in partial shade. Water regularly during the summer, about once every two days and gradually reduce in the winter. Water about once every two to three weeks and gradually increase watering as new roots begin to show. 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. <sup>5</sup>