Coelogyne flaccida Lindl. 1828 SECTION Flaccidae Lindl Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Plant and inflorescence Photo courtesy of David Banks - Australia copyrighted © 
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Common Name or Meaning The Loose Coelogyne - In China Li Lin Bei Mu Lan
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
A very rewarding, medium sized, cold to cool growing species hailing from Nepal, northern India, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanamar, Laos and southern China at elevations of 900 to 2000 meters in rain forests, lower and upper montane forests with close set, conical, lightly grooved pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, 3 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, grooved, petiolate base leaves. It produces basal, slender, pendulous 10" [25 cm] long, somewhat fractiflex rachis, loosely few to many [5 to 12] flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with deciduous floral bracts and waxy, highly perfumed [not so good], cream coloured, simultaneously opening flowers, each reaching about 2" [4-5 cm] across, occuring in the summer.
Synonyms Coelogyne huettneriana Auct. non Rchb.f; Coelogyne huettneriana Rchb.f var lactea [Rchb.f]Pfitz. 1907; Coelogyne lactea Rchb.f 1885; Pleione flaccida (Lindl.) Kuntze 1891; Pleione lactea (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995 as C lactea; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 10 1958 drawing; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin VOl 32 No 5 1963 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 1 1984 photo; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2001; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002 photo fide; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 1 Tanaka 2003 as C lactea; Australian Orchid Review Vol 69 No 2 2004 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 69 No 4 2004 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004 as C lactea; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007 photo ok; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide;
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