Coelogyne é um grande gênero de orquídeas asiáticas amplamente distribuído desde a India e Sri Lanka, atravessando o sudeste da Ásia e ilhas do Arquipélago Malaio e Filipinas, Nova Guiné e ilhas do dusdeste do Pacífico.

Contents
Preface, Introduction, Ecology and Climate, Morphology, Taxonomy (Sectional Treatments, Artificial Key to the Sections, Coelogyne Species and thei synonyms listed by section; Sectional Characteristics, Artificial Keys to the Species and Descriptions; Sections: Elatae, Proliferae, Fuliginosae, Micranthae, Brachypterae, Speciosae, Bicallae, Moniliformes, Longifoliae, Cyathogyne, Verrucosae, Tomentosae, Hologyne, Rigidiformes, Veitchiae, Ptychogyne, Lawrenceanae, Coelogyne, Fuscescentes, Ocellatae, Lentiginosae, Flaccidade. Indez of synonyms and excluded species. Molecular Phylogeny of Coelogyne and Allied Genera. Hybridisation (Natural and artificial hybrids). Cultivation, Bibliography, Glossary of Terms, Acknowledgements. Colour Plate. Index of Scientific names.