Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Coelogyne breviscapa

Inflorescence:  Arching to drooping few-flowered raceme with 3-5 flowers.
Flowers:  3/4 of an inch across and white in colour. There are two fine crenate(zigzag) calli along the length of the lip which have yellow tips and end about 0.5 cm short of the lip tip.
Plant Habit:  Sympodial epiphyte with inverted cone-shaped pseudobulbs terminating in two thin long leaves.
Altitude:  Found at about 900 metres asl upwards.
Flowering time:  February-March.
Fragrance: None.
Distribution: Southern India(Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and Sri Lanka.
Heat tolerance: Among the Coelogynes of South India it is the most heat tolerant.