Coelogyne buennemeyeri J.J.Sm. 1922 SECTION Tomentosae Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website
Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Paul Johnson
Common Name Buennemeyer's Coelogyne [Orchid Enthusiast in Java from Germany 1900's]
Flower Size
Found in Sumatra in upper montane forests or scrub forests on trees and bushes between boulders at elevations of 2350 to 2500 meters as a just medium sized, cold growing epiphyte with .4 to 1" [1 to 2.5 cm] between each ovoid, sharp longitudinally folded pseudobulb carrying 2, apical elliptic to ovate, slightly coriaceous, plicate, 3 to 7 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a pendulous, basally envelopd by bracts 8 to 16" [20 to 40 cm ] long, 11 to 23 flowered inflorescence arising on a newly emerging growth with persistent floral bracts and simultaneously opening, color variable flowers
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Monographs Vol 6 de Vogel 1992 drawing fide; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Les Coelogynes E & J George 2011 photo fide
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