Coelogyne taronensis Hand.-Mazz. 1922
SECTION Ocellatae Pfitzer & Kraenzlin
Photo by © Laima Swanson
Photo by © Piotr Markiewicz and The Flickr Orchid Photo Website
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Common Name The Taron Gorge Coelogyne [A gorge in Yunnan Province China] - in China Gao shan bei mu lan OR Wei xi bei mu lan
Flower Size 3.2" [8 cm]
Found in western Yunnan Province of China on trees in subtropical, montane evergreen forests, at elevations of 2400 to 3500 meters as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte with close set, longitudinally wrinkled, basally rounded, conic to cylindric, carrying 2, linear-lanceolate, 7+ veined, acute to obtuse, narrowing below into the indistinct petiolate base leaves that blooms in the late spring and early summer on a synanthous to proteranthous, peduncle to 2.8" [7 cm] long, rachis to 4" [10 cm] long, 1 to 3, successively single flowered inflorescence enveloped below by 3 to 4 straw colored sheaths and has deciduous floral bracts.
Synonyms Coelogyne weixiensis X.H.Jin 2005
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002 as syn to C corymbosa; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis Clayton 2002; Flora of China Vol 25 Orchidaceae Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Orchidaceae Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009 as C weixiensis; Les Coelogynes E & J George 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 6 2019 photo fide; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 photo hmm; Atlas of Native Orchids of China Vol 1 Jin Xiaohua, Li Jianwu and Ye Deping 2019 as C weixiensis photo fide;
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