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Coelogyne chen-tsii is an orchid species identified by R.Rice in 2019. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Pholidota longipes.
ORIGIN: Found in southeastern Yunnan province of China in evergreen broad-leaved forests on shaded humid rocks at elevations of 1000 to 1400 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Small sized, cool growing lithophyte with rather dense, cylindrical, attenuate towards the apex pseudobulbs carrying 2, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, papery, many veined, long acuminate, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the winter on a lateral to pendent, arising as the new growth appears on the last older pseudobulb, 2.4 to 4 [6 to 10 cm] long, 7 to 9 flowered inflorescence with persistent ovate, concave floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.2 inches [3 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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