Coelogyne nitida

"Coelogyne nitida (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindl. native to Nepal through Sikkim and Bhutan, to the Khasi hills in north-east India, upper Myanmar, Yunnan province in southwestern China, Thailand and Laos. In their entire habitat, these plants are found at an altitude of 1500-2300 m"

Coelogyne nitida (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 40 (1830).

Coelogyne nitida (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindl. Photo by Thüringer Orchideenträume 

Coelogyne nitida (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindl. Photo by Something About Orchids

its native range is Nepal to China (Yunnan) and Indo-China.

Latinh Name: 

Coelogyne nitida (Wall. ex D.Don) Lindl. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Coelogyne nitida f. candida Roeth

Coelogyne ochracea Lindl.

Cymbidium nitidum Wall. ex D.Don

Pleione nitida (Wall. ex D.Don) Kuntze

Pleione ochracea (Lindl.) Kuntze

Vietnamese name:

Hoàng lạc chấm, Thanh đạm ngù.

English Name:

The Shining Coelogyne.

Chinese name:

Mi Jing Bei Mu Lan -  密茎贝母兰.

Description: 

With 7-10 cm long, ovoid to oblong, furrowed pseudobulbs carrying 2, narrowly elliptical-lanceolate, acute, plicate, 8 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the elongate, grooved, petiolate base leaves and blooms in the spring on an erect or pendant, basal, to 20 cm long, slightly fractiflex, terminal, few (3 to 8) flowered inflorescence arising basally before a new growth emerges or terminally as a new growth arises with deciduous floral bracts and carrying simultaneously opening, fragrant musky scented flowers.

Distribution:

Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam (Lâm Đồng, Đà Lạt).

Ecological:

On trees and mossy rocks at elevations of 1300 to 2600 m as a medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or sometimes lithophyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

4.0 cm.

Uses: 

Treating falls, tracheitis, colds, fractures, foreign trade hemorrhage.

Cultivation:

Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows in cool to intermediate average temperatures ranging from 66°F(18.89°C) to 35°F (1.67°C). They also require partial shade from 1500 to 2500 foot candles. Water regularly in the summer and gradually reduce in the winter.

Type:

Wallich [Wall. Cat. no. 1954], Nepal K000079278 isotype

Griffith, W. [24], Bhutan K000079284 holotype

s.coll. [s.n.], Myanmar K000078673 holotype

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org

- powo.science.kew.org

- thuocdongduoc.vn

- orchids.fandom.com

- efloras.org