Coelogyne speciosa Lindley 1834 SECTION Speciosae Lindley

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Common Name The Beautiful Coelogyne

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

This large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte and occasional terrestrial in rainforests at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters has clustered ovoid, pseudobulbs carrying a single to 2, apical, elliptic or lanceolate, acute petiolate, plicate leaves and blooms on a terminal, erect to nodding, 3" [7.5 cm] long, 1 to 3 flowered, racemose inflorescence with musky scented flowers which arise out of the center of a newly arising pseedobulb growth and can bloom at any time of the year but most often in spring and summer, it has a strange flying insect appearance, grows in baskets with semi shade and is from Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra.

Synonyms *Chelonanthera speciosa Bl. 1825; Coelogyne speciosa subsp. fimbriata (J.J.Sm.) Gravend. 1999; Coelogyne speciosa subsp. incarnata Gravend. 1999; Coelogyne speciosa subsp. speciosa.; Coelogyne speciosa var. fimbriata J.J.Sm. 1907; Pleione speciosa (Blume) Kuntze 1891

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Smith 1905; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 5 1958 photo; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002; The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 69 No 2 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 4 2007 photo;

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