Coelogyne fimbriata Lindl. 1825 SECTION Fuliginosae Lindl. Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name or Meaning The Fringed Coelogyne

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3 to 4 cm]

A medium sized, cool to hot growing epiphytic or lithophytic orchid on limestone cliffs in narrow crevasses that is found in Nepal, Bhutan, China, NE India, Burma, Thailand, penninsular Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam in primary broadleaf evergreen lowland forests or primary montane forests at elevations of sealevel to 1500 meters with 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm] between each, ovoid to ellipsoid pseudobulbs that carry 2 apical, oblong-elliptic, acute , plicate, 5 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves leaves that blooms in the fall arising on the newest mature psuedobulb with a terminal, slender, 2" [4 to 5 cm] long, fractiflex rachis, 1 to few flowered, racemose inflorescence subtended with a narrow basal sheath and carrying 1 to 3, fragrant [musk], long-lived flowers held just above the leaves. This species requires a short rest in mid-winter.

Synonyms Coelogyne arunachalensis H.J.Chowdhery & G.D.Pal 1997; Coelogyne laotica Gagn. 1930; Coelogyne leungiana Hu 1972; Coelogyne longiciliata Teijsm. & Binn. 1864; Coelogyne ovalis auct. non Lindley; Coelogyne primulina Barretto 1990; Coelogyne xerophyta Hand-Mazz. 1936; Pleione chinense Krzl. 1891; Pleione fimbriata [Lindley] Kuntz 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2007