Unknown species - what is this? - Orchid Board

j4nd3r53n · #1 02-12-2021, 09:40 AM

I've this one for many years, always looking a bit sad, but now it suddenly wants to live - I got it from a market in southern China before CITES, so I just brought it home (I'm that old). The leaves are very stiff, bulbs about 3cm. But what is it?

estación seca · #2 02-12-2021, 10:09 AM

Welcome to the Orchid Board!

It looks like it's in genus Coelogyne. I don't know them well enough to tell them apart. You can look at them on the Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia (IOSPE.)

Clawhammer · #3 02-12-2021, 10:11 AM

Coelogyne flaccida?

j4nd3r53n · #4 02-12-2021, 10:30 AM

It could be Coelogyne flaccida, but the description in wikipedia suggests it should be larger, about twice as large. Otherwise it seems to be spot on.

DeaC · #5 02-12-2021, 11:17 AM

Wouldn't trust wiki. Check out IOSPE(estacion seca suggestion. Always my first go-to btw). But a lovely Coelogyne you have none the less.

Afid · #6 02-12-2021, 02:52 PM

Looks like Coelogyne flaccida to me.