New Coelogyne mooreana

[Greenthumb.5]

I got two new Coelogyne mooreana. They are divisions. One plant has nine backbulbs and one growth with leaves. The other plant has four backbulbs, two growths with leaves and also has three brown bulbs.

Its is bareroot but the roots are dead it seems.

What is the culture that this species prefers?

[SilverShaded]

I grow mine (in the uk) cool, outdoors in the summer, good light/sunlight, flowers twice a year.

[euplusia]

Looks more like bulbs of Coelogyne cristata to me.

[Yéri]

Originally Posted by euplusia

Looks more like bulbs of Coelogyne cristata to me.

Quite so, the leaves also seem to be odd for mooreana: too narrow and actual foliage is starting right at the bulb, which is more like cristata (don't know how to explain it exactly in English, lacking the terms sorry)

Where did you get this plant from Greenthumb?

[Greenthumb.5]

Well, it came from a botanical garden curator who gave me pieces that had broken off of the mother plant in their display room when he was giving me a private tour through the exhibits and gave detailed information. But he called it mooreana but I am not an expert on coelogynes.

[Yéri]

Well, congrats on the free plants anyway!

Cristata or mooreana, they're both beautiful and relatively easy so good luck!