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Coelogyne-kinabaluensis-Susan-CHM/AOS-2021-06-12Confirmed as Coelogyne kinabaluensis (Jun 2021); C. cuprea and C. kinabaluensis are very similar; a key difference that separates them is that in C., cuprea, the pseudobulbs are spaced from 4-5 cm apart on the rhizome; on this plant they measured 1 cm apart; C. kinabaluensis is 7.5 cm in size and C. cuprea is only 3 cm in size; this flower measured 6.5 cm, much closer to C. kinabaluensis;  this flower also exhibits the pointed apex of the lip midlobe and the inflorescence is fractiflex (Zig Zag); both characteristics of C. kinabaluensis.

Posted on June 12, 2021

Overall Length Of Growth Cane: 38.0 cm

Number Of Leaves Per Growth Or Cane: 2

Leaf Length: up to 18 cm

Leaf Width: up to 14 cm

Leaf Margin: entire

Leaf Shape: lanceolate

Leaf Petiole Length: 1.5 cm

Pseudobulb Length: up to 18.0 cm

Pseudobulb Width: up to 2 cm diameter at base

Pseudobulb Margin: smooth

Pseudobulb Distance: 1.0 cm

Pseudobulb Root Tip: non-visible

Inflorescence Overall Length: 25.0 cm

Inflorescence Arrangement: alternate, fractiflex

Inflorescence Dist Base To Bud: 5.0 cm

Inflorescence Dist Bet Flowers: 0.7 - 1.0 cm

Inflorescence Dist To Sepal: 0.8 - 1.0 cm

Ovary Length: 1.0 cm

Ovary Width: 0.5 cm

Ovary Shape: conical, square

Ovary Color: burnt orange

Flower Natural Spread Length: 3.8 cm

Flower Natural Spread Width: 6.5 cm

Dorsal Sepal Length: 3.7 cm

Dorsal Sepal Width: 1.5 cm

Lateral Sepals Length: 2.9 cm

Lateral Sepals Width: 1.0 cm

Petals Length: 2.5 cm

Petals Width: 0.2 cm

Judging Center: Northeast

Award Number: 20215002

Award Date: June 05, 2021

Awarded As: Coelogyne kinabaluensis 'Susan' CHM/AOS

Two flowers well held on two upright, fractiflex (zigzag), successively flowered inflorescences up to 25 cm presented on a strikingly colored and shaped four-growth plant grown in sphagnum in a 20 cm plastic basket; new growth emerges orange red; elongate, conical, bifoliate pseudobulbs 2 cm in diameter at base, up to 18 cm tall begin dull green tinged orange red and mature to a brighter orange-red color; leave lanceolate, dark green, margins and petiole orange-red, coloration more pronounced on older leaves; sepals and petals translucent peach-orange, sepal bear central longitudinal rib, margins reflexed outward, dorsal sepal hooded; petals radiate horizontally; lip darker peach-orange, three distinct keels, midlobe rolled under, sidelobes upright, acuminate; column and anther cap peach red; substance light; texture crystalline; noted for unusual, attractively colored growths and upright inflorescence; native to Mt. Kinabalu, Sabah, Borneo;

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