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Accession Data:

Coelogyne flaccida Lindl.

  • sect. Flaccidae

  • Common Name: The Loose Coelogyne
  • Family: Orchidaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Nepal to China (Yunnan to NW. Guangxi)
  • Habitat: rain forests, lower and upper montane forests

  • Uses: Paste of pseudo bulbs is applied to fore head to cure headaches and fever, juice is taken for indigestion.

    • IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. EEB Greenhouses assume no responsibility for adverse effects from the use of any plants referred to on this site. Always seek advice from a professional before using any plant medicinally.
  • Culture: Plants are usually grown in baskets. Plant grows from cool temperatures in partial shade. Water regularly during the summer, about once every two days and gradually reduce in the winter. Water about once every two to three weeks and gradually increase watering as new roots begin to show. Pot in a well drain medium. Pot in a plastic or clay pot with a mix of fine fir bark, tree fern fibers, and perlite or pot in New Zealand sphagnum moss. 5

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199100338
  • Source: X-39B
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1991
  • Bench: 3225 - ORCH: Central Island VRE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-01-2025
  • Restrictions:
    • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Orchidaceae
  • SubFamily: Epidendroideae
  • Tribe: Coelogyneae
  • SubTribe: Coelogyninae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • Plants with Extrafloral Nectaries
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / Nepal / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 12 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 12 February 2015.
  3. Medicinal orchids and their uses: Tissue culture a potential alternative for conservation. Bijaya Pant. African Journal of Plant Science. Vol. 7(10), pp. 448-467, October 2013.
  4. Coelogyne flaccida at Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia. Accessed 2 September 2015.
  5. Coelogyne flaccida at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 2 September 2015.

data regenerated on Sat, 24 May 2025 15:21:33 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Orchidaceae

Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Cypripedieae

  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum Delrosi
  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum Harrisianum
  • Paphiopedilinae: Paphiopedilum haynaldianum

Subfamily Cypripedioideae
Tribe Phragmipedieae

  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Calurum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Schroederae
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Lemoinierianum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Dominianum
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium Demetria
  • Phragmipediinae: Phragmipedium longifolium

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Arethuseae

  • Bletiinae: Bletilla striata
  • Chysinae: Chysis bractescens
  • Sobraliinae: Sobralia decora
  • Sobraliinae: Sobralia decora x leucantha

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Coelogyneae

  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne asperata
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne flaccida
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne lawrenceana
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne mayeriana
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne ovalis
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne rochussenii
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne speciosa
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne tomentosa
  • Coelogyninae: Coelogyne usitana
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum cobbianum
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum magnum
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum sp.
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum wenzelii
  • Coelogyninae: Dendrochilum yuccifolium
  • Coelogyninae: Pholidota imbricata
  • Thuniinae: Thunia alba

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Collabieae

  • Phaius tankervilleae
  • Phaius tankervilleae var. alba

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae

  • Catasetinae: Catasetum hybrid
  • Catasetinae: Catasetum hybrid
  • Catasetinae: Catasetum hybrid
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium aloifolium
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium dayanum 'Bolin'
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium finlaysonianum
  • Cymbidiinae: Cymbidium sp.
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia andamanensis
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia guineensis
  • Eulophiinae: Eulophia petersii
  • Maxillariinae: Bifrenaria inodora
  • Maxillariinae: Brasiliorchis schunkeana
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria callichroma
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria elatior
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria houtteana
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria pachyphylla
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria sanguinea
  • Maxillariinae: Prominaea stapelioides x guttata
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria tenuifolia
  • Maxillariinae: Maxillaria variabilis
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca hedwigiae
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca ringens
  • Maxillariinae: Mormolyca rufescens
  • Maxillariinae: Ornithidium sophronitis
  • Maxillariinae: Trigonidium egertonianum
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia jipijapensis
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia maculata majus
  • Oncidiinae: Brassia verrucosa
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia lunifera
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia oerstedii
  • Oncidiinae: Lockhartia oerstedii
  • Oncidiinae: Miltonia clowesii
  • Oncidiinae: Miltonia flavescens
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium altissimum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium hybrid
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium hybrid
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium maculatum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium sphacelatum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium tigrinum
  • Oncidiinae: Oncidium unidentified
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora cassidea
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora histrionica
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora quinquenervis var uncinata
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora rufescens
  • Stanhopeinae: Gongora scaphephorus
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea assidensis (tigrina x wardii)
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea costaricensis
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea ecornuta
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea grandiflora
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea graveolens
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea intermedia
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea jenischiana
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea lietzei
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea oculata
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea platyceras
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina var. nigroviolacea
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea tigrina x wardii
  • Stanhopeinae: Stanhopea wardii
  • Zygopetalinae: Pescatoria wallisii
  • Zygopetalinae: Zygopetalum maculatum

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Dendrobieae

  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum affine
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum affine
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum annamense
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum careyanum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum cheiri
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum corolliferum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum elegantulum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum falcatum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum flammuliferum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum gibbosum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum gibbosum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum grandiflorum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum hahlianum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lasiochilum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lepidum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lilacinum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum lobbii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum longiflorum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum longissimum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum morotaiense
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum purpureorhachis
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum roxburghii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum roxburghii
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum tremulum
  • Bulbophyllinae: Bulbophyllum vaginatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium anceps
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium anosmum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium aphyllum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium bifalce
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium bigibbum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium brunneum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium chrysotropis
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium x delicatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium farmeri
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium hymenanthum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium jenkinsii
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium kingianum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium lindleyi
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium lindleyi
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium moniliforme
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium nakaharae
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium plicatile
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium rigidum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium speciosum var. hillii
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium speciosum var. pedunculatum
  • Dendrobiinae: Dendrobium wassellii

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae

  • Glomerinae: Agrostophyllum planicaule
  • Laeliinae: Barkeria melanocaulon
  • Laeliinae: Brassavola cucullata
  • Laeliinae: Brassavola nodosa
  • Laeliinae: Brassocattleya hybrid
  • Laeliinae: Dinema polybulbon
  • Laeliinae: Encyclia kennedyi
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum 'Max Valley'
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum oerstedii
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum radicans
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum rigidum
  • Laeliinae: Epidendrum schlecterianum
  • Laeliinae: Guarianthe bowringiana
  • Laeliinae: Isabelia pulchella
  • Laeliinae: Isochilus carnosiflorus
  • Laeliinae: Laelia rubescens
  • Laeliinae: Myrmecophila christinae
  • Laeliinae: Myrmecophila tibicinis
  • Laeliinae: Scaphyglottis confusa
  • Laeliinae: Scaphyglottis longicaulis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Acianthera aphthosa
  • Pleurothallidinae: Acianthera casapensis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Anathallis linearifolia 'D&M'
  • Pleurothallidinae: Dracula pusilla
  • Pleurothallidinae: Masdevallia hybrid
  • Pleurothallidinae: Masdevallia infracta
  • Pleurothallidinae: Myoxanthus affinis
  • Pleurothallidinae: Octomeria unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis longipedicellata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis nuda
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis pedunculata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis prolaticollaris
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis titan
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis truncata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Pleurothallis unidentified
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia brighamii
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia grobyi
  • Pleurothallidinae: Specklinia tribuloides
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis argentata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis argentata
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis immersa
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis megachlamys
  • Pleurothallidinae: Stelis quadrifida
  • Pleurothallidinae: Trichosalpinx chamaelepanthes
  • Pleurothallidinae: Zootrophion hirtzii

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Malaxideae

  • Liparis condylobulbon

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Podochileae

  • Eriinae: Ceratostylis retisquama
  • Eriinae: Eria carinata
  • Eriinae: Campanulorchis globifera
  • Eriinae: Eria javanica
  • Eriinae: Pinalia bractescens
  • Eriinae: Pinalia copelandii
  • Eriinae: Trichotosia velutina

Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Vandeae

  • Aerangidinae: Diaphananthe pellucida
  • Aerangidinae: Microterangis hariotiana
  • Aeridinae: Cleisocentron gokusingii
  • Aeridinae: Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana
  • Aeridinae: Robiquetia cerina
  • Aeridinae: Sarcochilus hartmannii
  • Aeridinae: Tuberolabium kotoense
  • Aeridinae: Rhynchorides Thai Noi
  • Aeridinae: Vanda tricolor var. suavis
  • Angraecinae: Angraecum distichum
  • Angraecinae: Angraecum sesquipedale
  • Angraecinae: Jumellea arachnantha
  • Polystachyinae: Neobenthamia gracilis

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranchideae

  • Cranchidinae: Cladobium graminifolium

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Cranichideae

  • Goodyerinae: Goodyera pubescens
  • Goodyerinae: Ludisia discolor
  • Prescottiinae: Prescottia plantaginifolia

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Diseae

  • Satyriinae: Cynorkis calanthoides
  • Satyriinae: Satyrium membranaceum

Subfamily Orchidoideae
Tribe Orchideae

  • Orchidinae: Habenaria medusa

Subfamily Vanilloideae
Tribe Vanilleae

  • Vanilla phalaenopsis
  • Vanilla planifolia
  • Vanilla planifolia variegata
  • Vanilla pompona
  • Vanilla roscheri
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