Coelogyne species

[bunkerali]

Thats great Nelson and many thanks
Albert

[ntgerald]

from Elizabeth.
Hi Nelson,
glad to hear from you !
That species is C. huettneriana, but 2 of the other IDs suggested are very close species.
C. huettneriana is easily identified by its fat ovoïd shining pseudbilbs, close to each others, with 2 long petiolated lanceolate leaves and its proteranthous inflorescence, which is not the case for C. flaccida or C. lactea (a synonym of the former). There's been a lot of confusion about their IDs, only Seidenfaden put an end to it in 1975.
C. viscosa has very narrow leaves, hence the synonym C. graminifolia.
I enclose photos of the 4 species, you can publish them on your forum if you wish.
Yours
Elisabeth





I took the opportunity to apply labels on Elizabeth's photos.