Coelogyne incrassata (Blume) Lindl.

Commonly called a necklace orchid because of the appearance of the flower spike, which looks like a grouping of beads. Each “bead” represents a previous flower, and each flower spike can have up to 40 flowers before it is spent. Every part of the plant, including the leaves, is a rusty orange color. 

Coelogyne incrassata Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 40 (1830).

 Coelogyne incrassata Lindl., Photos by Jeffrey Champion

Coelogyne incrassata Lindl., Photos by Kevin Holcomb

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym Name: 

Chelonanthera incrassata Blume

Pleione incrassata (Blume) Kuntze

English Name:

The Swollen Coelogyne (refers to the swollen rachis).

Description: 

Plants grow in hot to cool temperatures, epiphytic, grow with smooth, obtuse angles, narrow upwards into a yogi at the apex and carry a single leaf, apical, erect, bronze to green The ellipse is oblong, pointed, and the lower side suddenly shrinks to the original leaf with the upper stem. an erect branch then droop, to 6.16 to 17.5 cm long, dull brown, thickened, a few to several successive inflorescences arising on an adult practitioner.

Distribution:

Borneo, Jawa, Sumatera.

Ecological:

In lowlands and lower montane, mossy forests at elevations of sea level to 1150 m.

Flowering times:

Bloom in the spring.

Flower size:

3.1 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows in warm temperatures with partial shade. Water regularly through the year. Pot in a well drain medium. Pot in a plastic or clay pot with a mix of fine fir bark, tree fern fibers, and perlite or pot in New Zealand sphagnum moss.

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Coelogyne_incrassata