Coelogyne flaccida
Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized Himalayan orchid has very fragrant white flowers which hang in a pendant. It was first introduced to Europeans in 1830, and is considered relatively easy to grow in the home.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- January to April; peak in February and March
- Medicinal / Pharmaceutical
- In Nepal, a paste made from the pseudobulbs is put on the forehead for headaches and fever, and the juice is taken for indigestion.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (Apis cerana)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2009-0134A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is up to 10" long, arching or pendulous, and can have 5-12 white blossoms which all open at the same time. Waxy flowers are 1.6-2" across and long lasting.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Leaves are up to 12" long, but only about an inch wide. They are glossy and a bit leathery.
- Fragrance
- Strong and potentially unpleasant.
- Range
- Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW Guangxi)
- Habitat
- Mixed montane forests; 1000-1800m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Loose Coelogyne
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Coelogyne
- Species
- flaccida
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2009-0134A
