Fringed Coelogyne is a
medium sized orchid, found growing on trees and
limestone cliffs in narrow crevices. It has ovoid to
ellipsoid pseudobulbs that carry 2 apical, oblong-elliptic, pointed, pleated
leaves. The plant blooms in the fall arising on the newest psuedobulb with a
terminal, 4-5 cm long, few flowered, raceme-like inflorescence subtended
with a narrow basal sheath and carrying 1 to 3, fragrant, long-lived
flowers held just above the leaves.
Fringed Coelogyne is found in the Himalayas, China,
Thailand, Laos and Vietnam in primary broadleaf evergreen lowland forests or
primary montane forests at elevations up to 1500 m.