Coelogyne foerstermanni Rchb. f. 1886 SECTION Coelogyne
Plant and Flowers Photos courtesy of Nik Fahmi and Vortex Orchids
Common Name Foestermann's Coelogyne [German Orchid Collector East Asia 1800's]
Flower Size 3.2" [to 8 cm]
Found in Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra and the Moluccas at elevations of sealevel to 500 meters high up on trees in lowlands and lowland montane forests as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with narrow, cylindrical, tapering towards the apex, ribbed pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, erect, lanceolate, acute, plicate, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, grooved, petiolate base leaves and blooms on an erect, basal, stout, to 16" [40 cm] long, many [8 to 15] flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and enveloped basally by several close, imbricating sheaths and has persistent floral bracts and simultaneously opening, very fragrant flowers.
CAUTION I am not sure of this determination so please use with caution. All drawing show the central calli being much shorter than the other 4 and the photos here show it as just shorter. It is a good match otherwise.
Synonyms Coelogyne kingii Hkr f. 1895; Coelogyne maingayi Hook.f. 1890; Pleione foerstermannii (Rchb.f.) Kuntze 1891; Pleione maingayi (Hook.f.) Kuntze 1891
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Century of Indian Orchids Vol 5 Hooker 1895 as C kingii drawing hmmm; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 NO 5 1963 photo; The Orchids of Penninsular Mayasia and Singapore Seidenfaden & Wood 1992 drawing ok; The Plants of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Orchids Wood Beaman & Beaman 1993; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 drawing fide; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002 photo ok; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002 photo hmm; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing hmm see above
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