Coelogyne mooreana

[Subrosa]

A pleasant surprise today! Another from Ray:

[WhiteRabbit]

Nice!

[sruther4d]

Mine from Chadwick's opened up last week.

[Subrosa]

Once it makes up its mind to bloom this plant doesn't dally!

[Subrosa]

Ok bloom is open and the lip is all wrong for mooreana. You can just make out the two keels down either side and there's a third smaller one down the center. I thought cristata, but petals and seals aren't wavy as those of cristata seems to be. Maybe a hybrid? Help!

[Subrosa]

A better shot of the lip:

[sruther4d]

Looks similar to mine.

[RoddyB]

Hi sruther4d, could this be a Coelogyne Unchained Melody 'Mossiae'?

[sruther4d]

Roddy, good question. This is the only Coelogyne that I own and the tag in my picture is what I received. The place I got it is fairly reputable so I have no reason to doubt the tag.

[Subrosa]

I just have issues because in the species description I read mooreana is supposed to have erect flower spikes and mine and yours are definitely semi-pendant to pendant spikes. Mine came from Ray but has an id tag from Tewkesbury Orchids.