Coelogyne rochussenii
25 May
Posted at 21:07h
in Plant of the Week

Coelogyne rochussenii
This species is a warm-growing, pendulous flowering orchid from low tropical areas of Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines. Commonly known as ‘necklace orchids’, because of their long, pendant, multi-flowered inflorescence are mostly epiphytes or lithophytes and occasionally terrestrials. They have often a sweet scent, attracting different kinds of pollinators, such as bees, wasps and beetles.