Coelogyne cuprea H.Wendl. & Kraenzl. 1892 SECTION Longifoliae Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt.

Common Name The Coppery Coelogyne

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found in Sumatra and Borneo in lower montane mossy forests at elevations of 1000 to 1700 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with 1.2 to 1.4" [3 to 4 cm] between each globose, apically narrowed pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, oblong, slightly obtuse, wider towards the apex,, plicate, 7 to 9 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the grooved petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a basal, 10 to 3'4" long [25cm to 1m] long, gradually extending, slightly zigzag inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with .35" to .6" [7 to 14 mm] between each flower.

Synonyms Coelogyne cuprea var. cuprea; Coelogyne cuprea var. planiscapa J.J.Wood & C.L.Chan 1990

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sarawak Beaman & Wood 2001; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002;