Coelogyne celebensis J.J.Sm. 1917 SECTION Speciosae Lindley Photo by © Dian Rahardo Indonesia
Another Angle Photo by Jean Claude Geroge and His Orchidorama Web Page
Plant in situ Sulawesi Photo by Peter O'Byrne
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Common Name The Sulawesi Coelogyne
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Sulawesi [Celebes] in roadside forests at elevations of sea level to 1000 meters as a large sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with close set, to 1" [2.5 cm] between each, cylindric, 4 ridged in youth pseudobulbs carrying 1 to 2, apical, obovate-lanceolate, acuminate, coriaceous, plicate, gradually narrowing below into the grooved, petiolate base leaves and blooms in the late winter and early spring on a slender, suberect, to 16.2" [to 41 cm] long, fractiflex rachis, slightly arcuate, 4 to 12 flowered inflorescence arising on an newly emerging growth with ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, deciduous floral bracts and carrying successively opening flowers.
Synonyms Coelogyne platyphylla Schltr. 1925
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 1 O'Byrne 2001 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002 photo fide; Les Coelogynes E & J George 2011 Photo fide
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