Coelogyne nitida (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindley 1824 SECTION Ocellatae Pfitzer & Kraenzlin
Photo by © Eric Hunt
Photos by Egon Krogsgaard
Common Name The Shining Coelogyne - In China Mi Jing Bei Mu Lan
Flower Size 1 3/5" [4 cm]
Found from Nepal, Bhutan, upper Myanmar, northeastern India, Bangladesh, China (Yunnan), Thailand and Laos on trees and mossy rocks at elevations of 1300 to 2600 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or sometimes lithophyte with 2 3/4 to 4" [7-10 cm] long, ovoid to oblong, furrowed pseudobulbs carrying 2, narrowly elliptical-lanceolate, acute, plicate, 8 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, grooved, petiolate base leaves and blooms in the spring on an erect or pendant, basal, to 8" [20 cm] long, slightly fractiflex, terminal, few [3 to 8] flowered inflorescence arising basally before a new growth emerges or terminally as a new growth arises with deciduous floral bracts and carrying simultaneously opening, fragrant musky scented flowers.
Synonyms Broughtonia nitida [Wall ex Don] Herb. ex Sweet 1826; Coelogyne conferta auct. 1875; Coelogyne nitida f. candida Roeth 2002; Coelogyne ocellata Lindley 1831; Coelogyne ochracea Lindley 1846; Coelogyne punctulata var. conferta (Parish & Rchb. f.) T. Tang & F.T. Wang 1951; *Cymbidium nitidum Wall. ex D. Don 1825; Pleione nitida (Wall ex Don.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as C ochracea; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 as C ochracea drawing fide; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906 as C ochraecea; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C ochracea; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as C ocellata drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 10 1958 drawing as C ochracea; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 5 1963 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 5 1963 as C ochraecea drawing good; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1965 corrections; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as C ochracea; Dansk Botanisk Arkiv Bind 29 N.R. 4 Orchid Genera in Thailand III Seidenfaden 1975 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978 as C ochracea photo fide; Indian Orchids, Guide to Identification and Culture vol 2 Pradhan 1979 photo good; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 1 1984 photo as C ochracea; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 1 1984 as C nitida var alba photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 15 881 - 944 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1984 drawing ok; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 15 881 - 944 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1984 as C ochracea drawing ok/photo ok; Orchids of Arunachal Pradesh Hegde 1984 photo ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 no 6 1986 as C nitida var alba photo fide; Orchids of North West Himalaya Deva & Naithanis 1986 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 8 1987 as C ochraccea photo fide; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb, Launert 1992 drawing/photo fide; Identification of the Orchids [Orchidaceae Juss.] Vietnam Averyanov 1994; Orchids of Nagaland Deorani & Naithani 1995 drawing good; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Orchid Australia Vol 11 No 6 1999 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 1 2001 sa C ochracea var alba photo fide; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2001 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 67 No 4 2002 photo; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002 photo fide; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; A field Guide to the Wild Orchids of Thailand Vaddhanaphuti 2005 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007; Orchid Digest Vol 72 #2 2008 photo fide; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 8 2009 photo fide; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide; Les Coelogynes E & J George 2011 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 78 #3 2014 photo fide; Wild Orchids of Myanmar Taunggyi 2014 photo fide; A Guide to the Orchids of Myanmar Kurzweil & Lewin 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #12 2015 drawing fide; LANKESTERIANA 15(1): 7—50. Jeewan Singh Jalal & J. Jayanthi 2015 excluded taxa; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #12 2016 as Coelochracea photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 81 #2 2017 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 82 #2 2018 Photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #1 2020 as C ochracea photo fide
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