Coelogyne huettneriana

Coelogyne huettneriana Rchb.f., Flora 55: 277 (1872).

Coelogyne huettneriana Rchb.f., Photos by László Illés

its native range is Indo-China.

Latinh Name: 

Coelogyne huettneriana Rchb.f.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Pleione huettneriana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Vietnamese name:

Thanh đạm huettner

English Name:

Huettner's Coelogyne (German Orchid Enthusiast 1800's).

Description: 

With close set, oblong-ovate pseudobulbs enveloped basally by a few sheaths and carrying 2, elliptic, acuminate, plicate, 7 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the grooved, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the spring on a arching to 14 cm long, slender, 4 to 8 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with deciduous floral bracts and simultaneously opening, musk scented flowers.

Distribution:

Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam (Cao Bằng, Lang Sơn, Tam Đảo, Vĩnh Phú, Hà Nam).

Ecological:

In open evergreen forests at elevations of 1100 to 1200 m as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte or lithophyte in open areas.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

5.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Coelogyne huettneriana hails from lower levels in Burma and Thailand and consequently needs warmth, as well as high humidity and moisture all year round. It is easy to grow in a well drained mix and flowers fairly easily.

Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows in intermediate to 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.

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