Mayer's Coelogyne is a showy orchid with large,
beautiful, greenish flowers with dark markings. It is a medium to large
sized, hot growing orchid growing on tree trunks or occasionally on
ground in humus, often near mangroves. with 8-24 cm between each
pseudobulb enveloped basally by a few overlapping sheaths and carrying
2, apical, pleated, 7 nerved, pointed leaves. Leaves gradually
narrowing below into the grooved stalked base. The plant blooms on an
arching to pendant, 45 cm long, inflorescence with many lemon scented
flowers which open simultaneously. Mayer's Coelogyne is found in
SE Asia, cultivated in India.
Identification credit: P.S. Sivaprasad
Photographed in the Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu.
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