''Coelogyne breviscapa'' is a species of

orchid Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan plants that are found in almost every habitat on Eart ...

in the genus ''

Coelogyne ''Coelogyne'' is a genus of 594 species, which are sympodial epiphytes from the family Orchidaceae, distributed across India, China, Indonesia and the Fiji islands, with the main centers in Borneo, Sumatra and the Himalayas. They can be found fro ...

''. It is a small epiphytic/lithopytic orchid that grows in humid environments in the Western Ghats of India, and in Sri Lanka.

References

breviscapa Orchids of India Orchids of Sri Lanka Plants described in 1854 Taxa named by John Lindley {{Epidendroideae-stub