Coelogyne exalata

Coelogyne exalata Ridl., J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 49: 29 (1907).

Coelogyne exalata Ridl., Photo by Look-man Alkhaqim

its native range is N. & NW. Borneo.

Latin Name: 

Coelogyne exalata Ridl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Coelogyne subintegra J.J.Sm..

English Name:

The Small Coelogyne (refers to the size of the pseudobulbs).

Description: 

With close set, subglabrous, rounded pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical lanceolate, acuminate-mucronate, coriaceous, plicate, 7 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the smooth, round petiolate base leaf and blooms in the spring on a erect, stiff, to 40 cm long, 6 to 8 flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with persistent floral bracts and successive opening flowers.

Distribution:

Borneo.

Ecological:

In hill, lower and upper montane forests on ridges at elevations of 600 to 2700 m as a medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or terrestrial in open scrub.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

5.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows in cool to warm temperatures depending on the species with moderate light to partial shade. Water regularly in the summer, about once every two days. Gradually reduce in the winter for cool species which require a rest, water about once every two to three weeks and gradually increase watering as new roots begin to show. 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.

Type Information:

s.coll. [124170] K000078840 isotype

s.coll. [124170] K000078841 isotype

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/623856-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:623856-1

http://www.orchidspecies.com/coelexaltata.htm. 

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Coelogyne