Coelogyne ovalis Lindl 1838 SECTION Fulginosae Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Oval Coelogyne [refers to the shape of the midlobe of the lip]

Flower Size 1.2 to 1.6" [3 to 4 cm]

Found in Assam, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Yunnan China, NE India, Myanamar, Thailand and Vietnam in montane valleys at elevations of 600 to 2100 meters as a small sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte with 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm] between each ovoid-fusiform, smooth, ridged pseudobulbs enveloped basally by several dry sheaths and carrying 2, apical, erect, narrowlly elliptic, acute to acuminate, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the summer through winter on a slender, 4.8" [12 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with deciduous floral bracts and successive opening, fragrant flowers.

SynonymsBroughtonia linearis Wall. ex Hook.f. 1890; Broughtonia linearis Wall. 1830; Coelogyne decora Wall. ex Voigt 1845; Coelogyne pilosissima Planch. 1855;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Burma Grant 1895/1995; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing, photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 5 1963; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 6 1980 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 1 1984 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 3 1985; The Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen & Mori 1997; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001 The Genus Coelogyne A Synopsis, D A Clayton 2002; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Australian Orchid Review Vol 69 No 2 2004 photo; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide;

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