Coelogyne integra Schltr. 1911 SECTION Longifoliae TYPE Drawing by Schlechter and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website
LATE EARLY
Common Name The Entire Lip Coelogyne [refers to the lack of distinct side lobes of the lip]
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in western Sumatra at elevations of 1200 to 2200 meters as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with a thick, creeping, branching rhizome giving rise to ovoid basally, 4 angled, glossy pseudobulbs carrying 2, erect-spreading, elliptic to ovate-elliptic, acuminate, leathery, narrowing below into the petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late spring through early fall on an initially synanthous, but becoming heteroanthous, peduncle slender, rachis arching, slightly zig-zag, elongating, successivvely few, many flowered inflorescence carrying fragant flowers
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra J B Comber 2001 drawing fide; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Les Coelogynes E & J George 2011 photo fide;
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