About rattlesnake orchid
Coelogyne imbricata, commonly known as the common rattlesnake orchid or necklace orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is a clump-forming epiphyte or lithophyte with crowded pseudobulbs. Each pseudobulb has a single pleated, leathery leaf and up to sixty white, cream-coloured or greenish, cup-shaped flowers in two ranks along a wiry flowering stem. There is a large, papery bract at the base of each flower. This species is native to areas from tropical and subtropical Asia to the southwest Pacific.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Pholidota imbricata
- Genus
- Pholidota
- Family
- ORCHIDACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in sacred groves
- Distribution
- Indo-Malesia
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-March
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Orchidaceae
Orchid family
rattlesnake orchid belongs to the Orchidaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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