COELOGYNE MASSANGEANA. Native of Assam. 
Pseudobulbs three to four inches high and pyriform in shape. Leaves are produced 
in pairs and are long, broad and pointed. Flower spikes long and pendent, and 
carry up to 20 or 30 flowers, each about 2 inches in width. Sepals and petals 
pale yellow, lip reddish-brown, marked with yellow streaks, tipped with white, 
disk brown, with three crests of light yellow. This is another of the many orchids 
found in the Khasi Hills. It grows on the upper parts of tall trees and needs 
plenty of light at all times. Bushhouse or glasshouse treatment will suit it in 
Brisbane—a glasshouse being preferable in the colder parts and in the South. In 
North Queensland a cool part of the greenhouse will serve excellently. Give it 
copious water right through the Summer and Autumn. It has the rather unusual 
but pleasing habit of flowering twice a year—in Spring and Autumn. As soon 
as the Autumn flowering is over let it have a dry resting period until the first 
Spring day—then commence watering again. Like most of the Coelogynes, it dis- 
likes having its roots disturbed, and is rather slow at establishing itself, and for this 
reason has not proved a very satisfactory subject in the past. It is desirable to pot 
this species in a good sized basket to give it plenty of growing room. 
COELOGYNE MOOREANA. Native of Annam. 
A small growing and rather rarely met with species, from the slopes of Pu Atwat 
in French Indo-China. The pseudobulbs are short (about an inch to 14 inches 
high) yellowish, and very corrugated, They are surmounted by a pair of narrow, 
pointed, green leaves. The flower racemes come from the base of the matured 
bulbs and carry five to six flowers, creamy white in shade and rather like Coelo- 
gyne flaccida in form. It likes a fairly dry atmosphere for the greater part of 
the year, but in late Summer and Autumn it needs copious water. Bushhouse 
treatment is best for it in Brisbane and the North, but in the South it will need 
the protection of glass in the Winter. 
COELOGYNE NERVOSA. Native of Northern India, and also reported from 
the Nilgiri Hills. 
Another cool growing species somewhat resembling cristata in its manner of 
growth. The pseudobulbs are egg-shaped, but very much corrugated and are 
surmounted by a pair of fleshy, broad leaves about 6 inches in length. Flower 
spikes erect but short, carrying from three to five blooms each about 24 inches 
across. Sepals and petals pure white. Lip is white underneath, but the inside is a 
rich sulphur yellow with orange stripes. Treatment as for barbata. Flowers in 
Winter and blooms last .4 or 5 weeks. 
COELOGYNE ODORATISSIMA. Native of Southern India. 
A small growing species which bears large numbers of smallish, white, sweetly 
scented flowers on slender drooping racemes. The pseudobulbs are spheroidal in 
shape and about an inch tall, and are surmounted by a pair of pale green, 
pointed leaves about 4 inches long. The flowers are about 13 inches across and are 
pure white, the lip having a slight yellow stain in its centre. 
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