Coelogyne assamica Linden & Rchb. f. 1857 SECTION Fuscescentes Pfitzer & Kraenzlin

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Common Name or Meaning The Assam Coelogyne

Flower Size 1 2/5" [3.5 cm]

Found in Bhutan, NE India [Assam], Bhutan, Myanamar, Myanamar, China, Thailand and Vietnam in primary montane forests or riverine forests at elevations of 700 to 1500 meters as a small to medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with close set spindle-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 2, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, plicate, 3 to 5 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the 1'+ long petiolate base leaf and blooms on a terminal, arching to pendant, 14.8" [to 37 cm] long, rachis slightly fractiflex, racemose, few [2 to 3] flowered inflorescence arising on a newly emerging pseudobulboccuring in the summer and fall.

Synonyms Coelogyne annamensis Rolfe 1914; Coelogyne dalatensis Gagnep. 1930; Coelogyne fuscescens Lindl. var. assamica (Lnden & Rchb.f) Pfitzer & Kraenzlin 1907; Coelogyne saigonensis Gagnep. 1938; Coelogyne siamensis Rolfe 1914; Cymbidium evrardii Guill. 1930

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1865 drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as C siamensis; Oasis Vol 1 No 4 2000; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2007