Coelogyne palawanensis Ames 1915 SECTION Tomentosae Pfitzer Photo by Leonard Co © and The PhytoImages Website and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name The Palawan Coelogyne [A part of the Philippine Archipelago]

Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]

Found on Palawan in the Philippines at elevations around 1000 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte witha sturdy rhizome giving rise to close set, elongate, when dry strongly sulcate pseudobulb carrying 2, erect, narrowly ellipti-lanceolate, base and apex gradually tapering leaves that blooms in the spring on a synanthous, peduncle enveloped by young scales and developing leaves , 6.8 to 8" [17 to 20 cm] long overall, simultaneously 5 flowered inflorescence with persistent, boat shaped floral bracts.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Studies in the Family Orchidaceae Fascile 5 Ames 1915; The Complete Writings on Philippine Orchids Vol 2 Quisumbing 1981; Orchidiana Philippiana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Les Coelogynes E & J George 2011 photo fide

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