It grows on the top of the Nilgiri Hills, where it is found growing upon the 
stones amid the wet moss. 
It requires cool treatment at all times and should be in a bushhouse in Sydney and 
the cooler parts of Brisbane, where it can have a temperature range from about 
40° to 76°. It likes ample water in Summer, and rather less in the Winter, but 
should never be allowed to become dry even in the coldest weather. 
COELOGYNE PANDURATA. Native of Borneo, Malaya, etc. 
This outstanding species has large, flattish, oval pseudobulbs, which are rather 
widely spaced on a thick, creeping raceme, topped by a pair of striking, broad, 
stout, leathery and plaited leaves, bright green in colour, and about 15 inches long. 
The raceme is upright in the early stages, but, as the numerous buds develop, it 
becomes arched and finally somewhat pendulous. The flowers are up to 3 inches 
across, and have sepals and petals of a light pale green colour, the lip being a 
greenish yellow with broad, black stripes running lengthwise, and terminating in 
a black blotch towards the front, which is curiously warted, and the disk has two 
warted crests converging in a patch of warts. 
Coelogyne pandurata, like asperata, grows on the trees in the coastal swamps of 
Borneo and Malaya. It requires the same cultural treatment as does Coelogyne 
asperata (which see). It should be grown in a long shallow basket to allow plenty 
of room for growth. 
COELOGYNE PELTASTES. Native of Borneo. 
This interesting species has pseudobulbs shaped like a half-moon, one side of which 
is concave, and this concave side grows against the host tree, and thus forms a 
sort of reservoir which collects water for the use of the plant. The leaves are about 
4 inches long and are narrow and pointed. The flowers are about 2 inches in 
width, and have green sepals and petals, and a broad and recurved white lip 
marked with yellowish brown stripes and blotches. Cultural treatment as for 
Coelogyne asperata (q.v.). 
COELOGYNE SANDERIANA. Native of Timor and other Islands of the Sunda 
Group. 
This lovely orchid has flowers which are something like those of Coelogyne cris- 
tata, but the appearance of the plant itself is very different. It has oval, wrinkled 
pseudobulbs about 2 inches long, each of which carries a pair of stalked leaves 
about a foot in length, 2} inches in width, prominently veined and dark green 
in colour. The flower spikes proceed from the young growths, are pendulous and 
carry five or six white flowers, 2} to 3 inches across, with narrow, pointed sepals, 
the petals being half as broad again. The three-lobed lip has its centre lobe 
blotched with deep yellow, whilst the side lobes have a number of reddish brown 
stripes. The Sunda Islands are close to the equator, and there is very little differ- 
ence between Summer and Winter. The climate is warm and moist, and there is 
copious precipitation for six months of the year. Coelogyne Sanderiana will 
require warm treatment (never less than 60°) always, and in the Summer months 
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