Coelogyne magna (Rchb.f.) M.W. Chase & Schuit. (2021) is accepted species by POWO, Kew. The native range of this species is Philippines. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

This species previously known as Dendrochilum magnum Rchb.f. (1861).

Previous Awards:

There are 24 AOS awards for this species: 2 botanical awards (1CBR, 1 CHM), 6 flower awards (3 HCC, 2 AM, 1 FCC) and 16 culture awards (13 CCM and 3 CCE).

Range for cultural awards - 26 to 73 infl. for CCM and 92 to 307 infl. for CCE.

Recent cultural awards - Coelogyne magna 'Palace' CCM/AOS 84 pts with 29 inflorescences (Sep 19, 2015); Coelogyne magna 'Jeanette Gore' CCE/AOS 94 pts with 107 inflorescences (Sep 03, 2016).

Description:

Our candidate has 44 inflorescences up to 32-cm (42 infl. in bloom and 2 infl. in buds) with approximately 2900 flowers and 170 buds total. Plant is 116-cm wide and 83-cm tall and grown in 20-cm plastic pot in the bark mix.

Flower Measurements:

NS H - 1.4 cm;                   NS V - 1.3 cm;

Dorsal Sep. W - 0.8 cm;    Dorsal Sep. L - 1.1 cm;

Petal W - 0.3 cm;               Petals L - 1.1 cm;

Lat/Synsepal W - 0.3 cm; Lat/Synsepal L - 1.3 cm;

Lip/Pouch W - 0.25 cm;      Lip/Pouch L - 0.4 cm.