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Coelogyne corymbosa

Coelogyne corymbosa
Photo: Dalton Holland Baptista, CC BY-SA 3.0

Coelogyne corymbosa is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from the Himalayas and southern China, grown as a houseplant or in warm greenhouses. Its key to success is bright light, a distinct cool-to-mild rest period, and watering that keeps the root medium moist during growth but never soggy.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while growing, let the top of the mix dry slightly between waterings, and reduce water in the cooler rest period.
Soil
Free-draining epiphytic orchid mix of bark, perlite and sphagnum.
Temperature
15 to 28 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Nepal to China (Yunnan)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Coelogyne corymbosa is a species of orchid.

Media related to Coelogyne corymbosa at Wikimedia Commons

Other Coelogyne plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coelogyne corymbosa 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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