Coelogyne schilleriana occurs in Myanmar and Thailand. It grows epiphytic on trees in valleys and on ridges at an altitude of 200 to 1200 meters above sea level...
Coelogyne schilleriana also called as Schiller's Coelogyne, Pleione schilleriana, is a species of the genus Coelogyne. This species was described by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach & Karl Heinrich Koch in 1858.
IDENTIFY COELOGYNE SCHILLERIANA ORCHID PLANT
Coelogyne schilleriana occurs in Myanmar and Thailand. It grows epiphytic on trees in valleys and on ridges at an altitude of 200 to 1200 meters above sea level.
It is a miniature to small sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with close set, globose-ovoid, about 2 cm in diameter pseudobulbs enveloped basally by sheaths and carrying 2, elliptic-lanceolate, acute-acuminate, single nerved, plicate, coriaceous, 8 cm in length and 2 cm in width leaves with no defined petiole.
Schiller's Coelogyne blooms in the spring on a synanthous, slender, 4.5 cm long, single flowered inflorescence sheathed with new leaves and imbricating basal bracts and has persistent floral bracts. The flowers are from pale green to olive (depending on the light, the more the sun gets an orchid, the color is darker) with brown streaks on the lip, protected by a dry wrapper (usually around 4-6 cm during flowering) in diameter. Upper sepals elliptically-lanceolate, with pointed tip, curved forward, 2-3 cm in length and 1-1.2 cm in width. The lateral sepals have a more pronounced lanceolate shape, on the tip are pointed, bent more backwards, 3 cm in length and 0.8 cm in width. Petals are narrow, curved back, measuring 3 cm in length and 0.1 cm in width. The lip is triple, on the tip it is clearly divided into two parts, most like a fan, measuring 3-3.5 cm long and 2.5 cm wide, its lateral parts are standing, rounded, the column inside does not hide.
COELOGYNE SCHILLERIANA ORCHID PLANT CARE AND CULTURE
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Coelogyne schilleriana loves bright sunlight and is able to tolerate direct sunlight up to 45000 lux without burning or changing the color of the leaves.
Temperature:
The temperature regime largely depends on where the parental plants were collected in nature. It can also be warm (with strong heating during the day and large cooling at night) and a moderate temperature regime. It is advisable to start with the following: Day temperature at 20-22 ° C; Night temperature at 15-17 ° C. The difference between night and day temperatures is always at 4-6 ° C.
Humidity:
In their natural habitat, the relative air humidity rarely falls below 60%. In conditions of high humidity, it is necessary to regularly ventilate the room where the plants are kept, since wet, stale air is an ideal medium for the mass reproduction of various fungal and bacterial diseases.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Coelogyne schilleriana can be grow in small plastic or clay pots and placed on blocks. As a substrate, a mixture of a large bark of coniferous trees with sphagnum moss is best, it is desirable to lay them down with layers: below the bark, and above the moss, or pure moss sphagnum. When growing orchids on blocks to prevent rapid drying of the root system of the plant, it is recommended to make a small interlayer of moss between it and the block. Above the roots, you can also put live or dry sphagnum.
This species reacts negatively enough to repotting, even slightly damaged roots, the plant restores itself for a long time and, as a rule, skips 1-2 flowering, so transplanting is desirable only when it is really necessary, for example, in cases of severe salinization or condensation of the substrate , at its critically high or low pH (the norm is from 5.5 to 6.5) or when the plant grows very much and the pot becomes too small (pseudobulbs will begin to hang from the edges of the pot). The best time to transplant is the period immediately after the flowering of the orchid, until the new pseudobulb is fully formed and has lost the ability to grow new roots.
Watering:
The frequency and abundance of watering the orchids of this species directly depends on the overall temperature of the content and intensity of the illumination, the higher they are, the more often and abundant it is necessary to water. Plants growing on blocks, it is desirable to water daily in the morning, so that by evening their roots could dry out relatively well. When watering orchids in pots, it must be remembered that excess water during watering should flow freely out of the pot, as the stagnation of water both inside the pot and in its pallet can quickly lead to decay of the roots and the lower part of the plant (rhizome). During the development of new growths, care must be taken to ensure that water does not enter the funnel between the leaves, since the inside of the flower stalk can very quickly sour. The substrate between waterings should dry relatively well, but do not dry completely, that is, always be in a slightly moistened state.
Fertilizer:
During active growth, this kind of orchids is fertilized for every third watering in 1/2 or 1/4 of the fertilizer concentration indicated on the package. In addition to the usual root top dressing, it is also recommended to produce a foliar dressing, when a very much diluted fertilizer is sprayed on the outer part of the plant. It is best to feed the orchid, alternating both these methods. The best fertilizer is fertilizer containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in equal parts, for example, NPK = 3-3-3 or 8-8-8. If you do not have such fertilizer, then at the beginning of the growing season (the emergence of new shoots), feed the orchid with a fertilizer with a high content of phosphorus, and immediately after flowering - fertilizer with a higher nitrogen content. To prevent salinization of the substrate, it is recommended to rinse it every 3-6 months.
Rest period:
Coelogyne schilleriana need a winter period of rest caused by a general decrease in the intensity of illumination, and as a consequence, on colder nights, as well as some decrease in precipitation. Approximately in November new orchid sprouts end their formation and turn into new pseudobulbs, starting from this moment, the orchid is rearranged to a cooler place at temperatures ideally not higher than 18 ° C in the day (variations of 20-22 ° C are possible) and not higher than 14 ° C at night (in the natural climate in the daytime around 21-24 ° C, and at night 14-15 ° C) and slightly less often watered. The substrate between waterings should dry completely, but not more than 2 days is completely dry.
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