202 orchid-gkower's manual. 



COELOGYNE, Lindley. 

 (T/vJc Epidendreae, suhtrWe Coelogyneae.) 

 There are numerous species of Coelogyne, many of them very beautiful, 

 the colour of the flowers being of a most delicate hue, and often richly 

 marked ; whilst other kinds are inconspicuous and not worth growing. 

 They are pseudobulbous and evergreen plants, the bulbs from 1 to 6 

 inches high, two-leaved, the flowers being generally produced with the 

 young growth, and the leaves being perfected when the flowering is over. 

 The lip is sessile, the base concave, and folded over the elongated 

 apodous column. The flowers of some are very large, measuring as 

 much as three inches across. Some of our botanists include in this 

 genus the group Pleione, which we have kept distinct. About fifty 

 species are known, inhabiting India, the Malayan Archipelago, and 

 Southern China. 



Culture. — These plants, with the exception of C. Massawjeana and 

 G. jDayana, which do best in baskets on account of the drooping 

 character of their spikes, are best grown in pots, with peat and moss. 

 Some of them will do on blocks, but pot or basket culture is to be 

 preferred. They require good drainage, and an abundance of water 

 at their roots in their growing season. Some are best grown in 

 the East Indian house, others will do in the cool-house, and others 

 with the Cattleyas, but after these have finished their growth a cooler 

 house will do for them. During their period of rest thej^ should 

 have but little water. They are propagated by dividing the pseudo- 

 bulbs. 



C. ASPERATA, Lindley. — A fine evergreen species, attaining rather a large 

 size. It has tall oblong attenuate pseudobulbs, with a pair of stalked lanceo- 

 lata leaves, growing about two feet high. The large flowers are produced on a 

 drooping raceme about a foot long, twelve or more of them together, and are of 

 a pale creamy yellow, the lip richly marked with brownish yellow veins spring- 

 ing from a rugged bright orange central ridge; they are fully 3 inches in 

 diameter, and are produced in June or July, lasting two weeks in good con- 

 dition. This should be grown in the Cattleya house, and requires a large 

 pot to grow it in perfection, being one of the freest of all the Ooelogyncs. — 

 Borneo. 



Fig. — Poscatorca, t. 7 ; Paa-ton Mug. Dot., xvi. p. 22r), with tab. (bail) ; Orrhid Album, 

 vii. t. 311. 



Syn. — C. Lowii. 



