Coelogyne tomentosa

"Coelogyne tomentosa Lindl. meet in western Java, although they are quite rare there. They usually grow as epiphytes in dark, shady forests at an altitude of about 1400 m. In Thailand, they were harvested at an altitude of approx. 2000 m near Khao Kalakiri and in Pattani on the Thai peninsula"

Coelogyne tomentosa Lindl., Fol. Orchid. 5(Coelogyne): 3 (1854).

Coelogyne tomentosa Lindl., Photo by tropicalorchid

its native range is Peninsula Thailand to W. Malesia.

Latinh Name: 

Coelogyne tomentosa Lindl., 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Coelogyne cymbidioides Ridl.

Coelogyne densiflora Ridl.

Coelogyne massangeana Rchb.f.

Pleione massangeana (Rchb.f.) Kuntze

Pleione tomentosa (Lindl.) Kuntze

English Name:

The Hairy Coelogyne (refers to the pubescent ovary).

Description: 

With elongate-conical, somewhat angled pseudobulbs when young and turning yellowish green and wrinkled with age, carrying a single, apical, plicate, elliptic-obovate, long petiolate leaf that is variable in its flowering but most often occuring in the summer. The flowers are scented and do not last long and are delicate on a terminal, to more than 37.5 cm long, pendant, racemose inflorescence arising with a new pseudobulb growth with a zig zag rachis and short bracts that has from 20 to 30 flowers.

Distribution:

Jawa, Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand.

Ecological:

It is from the mountainous regions, at elevations of 1150 to 2100 m and in montane forests on higher ridges as a cool to cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer

Flower size:

6.3 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows from cool to intermediate temperatures in partial shade. Water regularly in the summer and gradually reduce in the winter. Pot in medium fir bark.

Type:

Oct 1, 1990 Kelsall, H.J. [s.n.], Malaysia K000078755 holotype