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SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Coelogyeae, SUBTRIBE Coelogyninae. A most interesting group of 150 species that is found in all four climes, hot, warm, cool and cold and in most all of Asia east of India and on into Indonesia and Fiji. Great care must be given in knowing what climate a species comes from as they may not tolerate your conditions. Warm growing species like pandurata and speciosa require no rest while colder growing species need a dry rest in the winter. They can have close or far spaced psuedobulbs along the rhizome with 1 or 2 plicate leaves and inflorescences that arise from the apex of the pseudobulb or from the apex of a new growth. I find that wire baskets accomodate these potentially large plants best. My mature pandurata is in a 16" basket and grew out of it in 1 year!

Coelogyne Species List

    The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

    The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

    The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

    A Guide to the Orchids Of the World By Hodgson, Paine, and Anderson Published by Angus

    Minature Orchids By Rebecca Northen published by Prentice Hall

    Minature Orchids By Jim & Barbara Mcqueen published by Timber Press

    Species names that are synonyms of other species names are denoted with a ~.

  1. asperata Lindl.
    2. - Malysia and Sumatra to New Guinea and S.W. Pacific Islands - Alt 0-300m - Epiphyte and lithophyte - Primary forest near streams
  2. assamica Linden & Rchb.f.
  3. beccarii
    4. brachyptera Rchb.f. - Burma, Thailand and Indochina - similar to C. parishii but has a distinct callus on the lip

    ~brunnea Lindl. - See C. fuscescens

  4. confusa
    5. - Himalayas, Java,and the Philippines - Flowers in Spring - Intermediate to warm - minature - epiphyte or lithophyte - indirect light, even water year round
  5. corymbosa Lindl.
    6. - Himalayas - Alt 1800-2700m - Flowers from new pseudobulb - Cool - Minature
  6. cristata Lindl.
    7. - Himalayas - Alt 1500-2100m - Flowers in Winter to Spring - Cool - epiphyte or lithophyte - Moss covered trees or rocks

    var lemoniana Lindl.

  7. dayana [Rchb.f.]Rolfe
    8. - Borneo - Flowers in Spring and Summer - Warm - Closely related to C. massageana

    ~ var massageana Ridley - See C. massageana

    ~densiflora Ridl. - See C. massageana

  8. elata
    9. - Himalayas - Alt 2000-3000m - Flowers in Spring - Cool
  9. fimbriata Lindl.
    10. - Nepal to China - Cool to intermediate - Closely allied to C. fulginosa and C. ovalis - minature
  10. flaccida Lindl.
    11. - Nepal, Sikkim, Burma, China and Laos - may be conspecific with C. lactea
  11. fostermani
    12. - Malaysia and Sumatra - high trees in lowland forests - needs a dry rest to flower 3 months later
  12. fragrans
    13. - ?Sanders list
  13. fulginosa Hkr.
    14. - Burma, Thailand and Java - Closely related to C. fimbriata and C.ovalis - minature
  14. fuscescens Lindl.
    15. - Himalayas -

    var brunnea Lindl. - Burma, Thailand , Laos and Vietnam

  15. henryi
    16. - China - pseudobulbs are said to cure tuberculosis
  16. huetineriana Rchb.f.
    17. - may be conspecific with C. lactea

    ~huetineriana auct non Rchb.f.

  17. lactea Rchb.f.
    18. - Burma, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam -
  18. lamellata
    19. - New Hebrides and Fiji - Flowers in Summer - Warm

    ~laotica Gagn. - See C. fimbriata

  19. lawrenceana Rolfe
    20. - closely allied to C. speciosa but has thinner pseudobulbs, longer and larger inflorescences and has 3 longitudinal toothed parellel lamellae on thge base of the mid lobe
  20. lentiginosa Lindl. - Burma, Thailand and Vietnam - Alt 800-1400m -

    ~leungiana Hu - See C. fimbriata

  21. marmorata
    22. - Himalayas and the Philippines - Flowers in Spring - Intermediate - Mountainous areas
  22. mayeriana Rchb.f.
    23. - Malaysia and Indonesia - Warm - Likes slab culture - Similar to pandurata in color
  23. massangeana Rchb.f
    24. - Thailand to Indonesia - Warm - Fragrant - montane forest - closely allied to C. dayana, C. rochussenii and C. tomentosa
  24. merrillii
    25. - Philippines - Alt 300-2300m - Flowers in Autumn - Intermediate - lithophyte - mossy or humus covered rocks - semi-shade - Tree fern mount - minature
  25. mooreana Rolfe
    26. - Vietnam - Alt 1300m -
  26. mossiae
    27. -?Sanders list
  27. nitida Lindl.
    28. - Himalayas to Bangladesh, China and Indochina - Alt 1500-2300m - Flowers in Winter - Cool to intermediate - Epiphyte or lithophyte - Mossy rocks or trees - semi shade in Summer more light in winter to encourage flowering - Closely allied to C. corymbosa - often confused with C. punctulata
  28. ochracea
    29. - Himalayas - Altitude 2000-3000m - Flowers in Autumn - Cool to intermediate

    ~ochracea Lindl. - See C. nitida

  29. odoratissima
    30. - Sri Lanka and S. India - Flowers in Spring and Summer - minature
  30. ovalis Lindl.
    31. - Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, China, Tibet, Burma and Thailand - Epiphyte- Often confused with C. fimbriata or C. fulginosa

    ~ovalis auct. - See fimbriata or fulginosa

  32. pandurata Lindl.
    33. - Malaysia and Indonesia - Flowers in spring - Warm - fragrant - epiphyte on large trees near lowland rivers - Basket with sphagnum or slab culture- Closely allied to C. parishii and C. mayeriana Rchb.f.
  33. parishii J.D.Hk.
    34. - Burma - Flowers in March-June - Warm to Intermediate - similar to C. pandurata but has smaller flowers and less lip ornamentation

    ~pilosissima Planchon - See C. ovalis

  34. pogonoides
    35. - China - pseudobulbs are said to cure tuberculosis
  35. Coelogyne prasina Ridley
    36.
  36. punctulata Lindl.
    37. - often confused with C. nitida
  37. rochussenii
    38. - Malaya, Sumatra and Borneo and East to the Philippines - Closely allied to C. massageana - Flowers in Autumn - Intermediate to Warm
  38. rossiana
    39. - Burma - Flowers in Autumn - Intermediate
  39. sanderae
    40. - ?Sandersl list
  40. sanderiana
    41. - ?Sanders list
  41. speciosa Lindl.
    42. - Malaysia and Indonesia - Flowers in Spring to Summer - Intermediate to Warm - Pot or Basket culture
  42. tiomenensis
    43. -
  43. tomentosa
    44. - Closely allied to C. massageana yet has ovoid pseudobulbs and darker colored flowers - Malaya, Thailand, Java, Borneo and Sumatra? - Flowers in Spring - Intermediate to warm

    ~ var massageana Ridl. - See C.massageana

    ~triplicatula Rchb.f. - See C. ovalis

  44. virescens
    45. - India, Burma, N Thailand and Indochina - Flowers in Spring -
  45. wallichii
    46. - Japan - Chewing on pseudobulbs was said to cure toothache and a paste was made to draw boils
  46. xyrekes Ridl.
    47. - Malaysia and Thailand - Montane forests - closely related to C. speciosa

    ~zahlbructnerae - See C. marmorata

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