Coelogyne xyrekes

 Coelogyne xyrekes Ridl., J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 6: 181 (1915).

Coelogyne xyrekes Ridl., Photo by Harvey Garentt Della

Coelogyne xyrekes Ridl., Photo by Magnetic Kla Field

its native range is Thailand to Sumatera.

Latin Name: 

Coelogyne xyrekes Ridl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Coelogyne xanthoglossa Ridl.

English Name:

The Smooth and Clean Shaven Coelogyne (refers to the lack of long hairs on the lip).

Description: 

With clustered, elliptic, 4 ribbed, deeply grooved between, slightly rugose, dark glossy green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, plicate, 5 nerved, pink to purple in youth, dark glossy green, broadly lanceolate leaf that gradually narrows into a distinct petiole and blooms in the late winter on a 10 to 20 cm long, limp, successively single to 5 flowered inflorescence with a tubluar, acute sheath all arising from the center of a new growth and carrying color variable, sometimes sweetly scented flowers.

Distribution:

Malaya, Sumatera, Thailand. 

Ecological:

In primary and secondary montane forests at elevations of 700 to 1900 m as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late winter.

Flower size:

7.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: 

Intermediate

Air Circulation:

Medium

Light:

Medium

Humidity:

Medium

Fertilizer:

Weekly.

Typus:

Sep 23, 1996 Ridley, H.N. [s.n.], Peninsular Malaysia K000078690 isotype

Sep 23, 1996 s.coll. [16282], Malaysia K000078689 isotype

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/624109-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:624109-1

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

https://www.ecuagenera.com/Coelogyne-xyrekes/en