Coelogyne barbata Lindl. ex Griff. 1848 SECTION Elatae Pfitzer Photos courtesy of Eric Hunt and his Orchid Photos Website

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Common Name The Bearded Coelogyne [refers to the hairy callus of the lip]

Flower Size 2" to 3.2" [5 to 8 cm]

Found in the foothills of the Himalayas in NE India, Bhutan, Nepal, upper Myanamar and China in lower montane forests at elevations of 1000 to 1800 meters as a small to medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with clustered, ovoid to pear shaped, angular, longitudunally grooved, pale green pseudobulbs enveloped completely by imbricate, persistent, papery sheaths and carrying 2, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, plicate, 9-nerved, undulate leaves and blooms on a long-developing, erect to arcuate, fractiflex rachis, to 18" [to 45 cm] long, to 14 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carrying fragrant, long-lasting flowers occuring from the fall and winter.

Synonyms Pleione barbata (Lindl. ex Griff.) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2007