Coelogyne cristata Lindl.

in Collect. Bot. Sub. T. 33 (1824).

Synonymes

Cymbidium speciosissimum Don in Prodr. Fl. Nep. 35 (1825).

Pleione speciosissima (Don) Kuntze in Rev. Gen. 681 (1891).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Tibet.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Floraison : __MAM_______. Altitude de 1000 à 2600 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte, lithophyte. Taille de 13 à 30 cm. 2 feuilles, de 140-290 × 18-23 mm, linéaires, oblongues. Bractées oblongues. Fleurs de 2 à 10, blanches. Sépale dorsal lancéolé, oblong, de 45-58 × 10-12 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, oblongs, de 42-58 × 12-14 mm. Pétales lancéolés, ovales, de 42-52 × 10-12 mm. Labelle oblong, de 35-45 × 24-30 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=40.

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