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24. Coelogyne schilleriana Rchb.f.wfo-0000909243

Allg. Gartenz. 26: 189. 1858; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 834. 1890; Pfitzer & Kraenzl. in Engl. (ed.), Pflanzenr. IV 50 II B 7: 123, fig. 41D. 1907; Seidenf., Bot. Tidsskr. 71: 6, fig. 5. 1976; D.A.Clayton, Gen. Coelogyne: 203, fig. 25b(11). 2002; Elis.George & J.-C.George, Coelogynes: 223, phot., watercolour. 2011.— Pleione schilleriana (Rchb.f) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 680. 1891. Fig. 234.

Accepted Name : This is currently accepted.

Description : [Sect. Lentiginosae Pfitzer]. Pseudobulbs close together, globose ovoid with drawn-out top, 1.3–2 by 1.2 cm. Leaves 2, soon dropped in autumn, slightly leathery; petiole indistinct; lamina elliptic-lanceolate, 5–10 cm by ca 0.9 cm, acute; midrib prominent. Inflorescence synanthous, erect; peduncle ca 3 cm, (almost) entirely covered by imbricate scale leaves; rachis 1.5 cm. Floral bracts persistent, ovate, 15–17 by 7–8 mm. Flower one, 4–5 cm in diameter, glabrous; sepals and petals pale green or yellowish-ochre; labellum white, side lobes with narrow brown veins and brown margins bordered with white, mid-lobe yellowish with brown markings at the base, a brown band bordering the basal centre, and radiating brown streaks, sometimes with a median light green wedge, its margin brown; column green. Dorsal sepal erect, oblong-lanceolate, 25–28 by 8–12 mm, acute. Lateral sepals oblong-lanceolate, ca 25–28 by 6–8 mm, acute. Petals, narrowly linear, ca 22 by 2 mm, acute. Labellum 3-lobed, 23–28 by 16–18 mm; hypochile when flattened 10–11 by 10–12 mm, side lobes erose, in front rounded, sinus 1–2 mm; mid-lobe about orbicular, 13–16 by 16–17 mm, margins undulate, erose, claw 2–3 mm, top deeply retuse, apex triangular; ornaments of 3 keels, median shorter, laterals continuing almost to base of mid-lobe. Column ca 16 mm; top and sides winged, apex slightly lobed.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Mae Hong Son, Tak.

Distribution : Myanmar (type).

Ecology : Lowland, hill and ridge forests; 200–1,200 m alt. Flowering: May–June.

Vernacular : Ueang thian bai bang (เอื้องเทียนใบบาง).

E-version notes : As Coelogyne schilleriana Rchb.f. & K.Koch