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Coelogyne breviscapa

Coelogyne breviscapa
Photo: Yercaud-elango, CC BY-SA 4.0

Coelogyne breviscapa is a small pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from the Western Ghats of India and Sri Lanka, where it grows on trees and rocks in humid forest. It needs humid, shaded, warm conditions and cool-season rest to flower well.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Orchid
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Water regularly while actively growing, ease off in the cooler dry season, and avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Free-draining epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and sphagnum moss.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. India, Sri Lanka
Climate
wet tropical

About

Coelogyne breviscapa is a species of orchid in the genus Coelogyne.

It is a small epiphytic/lithopytic orchid that grows in humid environments in the Western Ghats of India, and in Sri Lanka.

Other Coelogyne plants

Chelonistele sulphurea · Chelonistele · Coelogyne anfracta · Coelogyne barbata · Coelogyne bilamellata · Coelogyne bulleyia · Coelogyne calcicola · Coelogyne corymbosa · Coelogyne cristata · Coelogyne cumingii · Entomophobia kinabaluensis · Small Coelogyne

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coelogyne breviscapa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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