Cymbidium hookerianum

Cymbidium hookerianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Cyrtopodiinae
Alliance:	Cymbidium
Genus:	Cymbidium
Species:	C. hookerianum
Binomial name
Cymbidium hookerianum Rchb.f. (1866)

Cymbidium hookerianum H. G. Reichenbach, Gard. Chron. 1866: 7. 1866.

虎头兰 hu tou lan

Cymbidium giganteum Wallich ex Lindley var. hookerianum (H. G. Reichenbach) Bois; C. grandiflorum Griffith; Cyperorchis grandiflora (Griffith) Schlechter.

Plants epiphytic or lithophytic, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs narrowly ellipsoid to narrowly ovoid, bilaterally flattened, 3-8 × 1.5-3 cm, partially enclosed in leaf bases. Leaves 4-6(-8), lorate, 35-60(-80) × 1.4-2.3 cm, articulate (4-)6-10 cm from base, apex acute. Inflorescence arising from near base of pseudobulb, arching or suberect, 45-60(-70) cm; rachis 7-14-flowered; floral bracts ovate-triangular, 3-4 mm. Flowers slightly fragrant, 11-12 cm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 30-50 mm; sepals and petals apple-green or yellowish green with a few deep red spots or occasionally tinged pale reddish brown at base; lip white or cream-yellow with chestnut spots and striations on lateral lobes and mid-lobe, becoming purplish red following pollination. Sepals suboblong, 50-55 × 15-17 mm, apex acute. Petals narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 50-55 × 10-13 mm, apex acute; lip subelliptic, 45-50 mm, base fused to basal margins of column for 4-4.5 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, ciliate; mid-lobe recurved, margin erose and undulate; disk sparsely minutely papillate or puberulent and densely so toward apices of lateral lobes, with 2 shortly hairy lamellae extending from base of lip to base of mid-lobe. Column arcuate, 33-40 mm, papillate or puberulent near base on ventral surface; pollinia 2, subtriangular. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, 90-110 × ca. 40 mm. Fl. Jan-Apr, fr. Jun-Aug. 2n = 38*, 40*.

Trees in forests, rocks along valleys; 1100-2700 m. S Guangxi, SW Guizhou, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, N Vietnam].

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Cymbidium himalaicum

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Cymbidium faberi

Cymbidium faberi Rolfe 1896 Photo by © ? and the Picassa Web Photo Site
 

Common Name Faber's Cymbidium [English Plant Collector in Chiana late 1800's] - In China Hui Lan

Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]

Found in central & southern China, Nepal and India in moist but open and well drained locales at elevations of 700 to 3000 meters as a small to large sized, warm to cold growing terrestrial with very small to inconspicuous pseudobulbs carrying 5 to 8, lorate, conduplicate basally, usually serrulate margined, transluscent veined leaves that blooms in the spring on an suberect to slightly curved, 14 to 20" [35 to 50 cm] long, racemose, 5 to 11 flowered inflorescence with linear-lanceolate bracts and carrying fragrant flowers

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen lieferung 24 Schlechter/Brieger 1991; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Native Orchids of Shaanxi - Shaanxi Science & Technology Press 2007 photo fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007 photo/drawing fide; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo fide; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Vol 25 Illustrations Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing fide; Orchids of Huanglong Perner, Tang Si-Yuan 2007 photos fide;

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Cymbidiinae
Genus:	Cymbidium faberi

Cymbidium cerinum Schlechter; C. faberi f. viridiflorum S. S. Ying; C. fukienense T. K. Yen; C. oiwakense Hayata; C. scabroserrulatum Makino; Eulophia yunnanensis Rolfe; Semiphajus evrardii Gagnepain.

Plants terrestrial, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs inconspicuous. Leaves 4-8, suberect, 25-80 × 0.7-1.2 cm, with transparent veins, conduplicate at base, not articulate, margin sharply serrate. Inflorescence arising from axil of uppermost leaf, suberect or slightly curved, 35-50(-80) cm; peduncle with many long sheaths; rachis 5-11- or more flowered; floral bracts linear-lanceolate, usually 10-20 × 2-5 mm, ca. 1/2 as long as ovary. Flowers usually very fragrant; pedicel and ovary 20-26 mm; sepals and petals pale yellowish green; lip pale yellowish green with purplish red patches. Sepals sublanceolate-oblong or narrowly obovate, 25-35 × 6-8 mm, apex acute. Petals oblong-ovate, 22-30 × 7-9 mm, apex acute; lip oblong-ovate, 20-25 mm, not fused to basal margins of column, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect; mid-lobe strongly recurved, ligulate, 12-16 × 5-10 mm, margin usually crisped; disk papillate or puberulent, with 2 longitudinal lamellae extending from base of lip to base of mid-lobe; lamellae convergent toward their apices and forming a short tube. Column slightly arcuate, 12-16 mm, narrowly winged; pollinia 4, in 2 pairs, broadly ovoid. Capsule narrowly subellipsoid, 50-55 × ca. 20 mm. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Jul-Sep. 2n = 40, 42*, 43, 44.

Damp but well-drained slopes, open shrubby places; 700-3000 m. Anhui, N Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, S Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, E Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [N India, Nepal].

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Cymbidium erythraeum

Cymbidium erythraeum
Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family:Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Cymbidieae SubTribe: Cyrtopodiinae Genus: Cymbidium Species: Cym. erythraeum Alliance: Binomial name Cymbidium erythraeum Lindl. 1859

DescriptionEdit

Plant blooms from late summer to fall with five to fourteen 5 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.

DistributionEdit

Plant is found growing in the coniferous forest of Kumaon, Sikkium, and Assam states of India; Nepal; Bhutan; Myanamar; Yunnan; Sichuan; and Xizang China; and Vietnam at elevations of 1000 to 2800 meters

CultureEdit

Plant should be grown in cool areas with medium to bright light. Pot with bark and perlite. Plant prefers dry periods between watering. Reduce watering during the winter. Water about once a week.

Plants epiphytic or lithophytic, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs ovoid, bilaterally flattened, 2-6 × 1.5-3 cm, enclosed in leaf bases. Leaves distichous, 5-12, deep green tinged purple at base, lorate, 35-90 × 0.7-1.5 cm, articulate 2.5-6.5 cm from base. Inflorescence arising from within sheaths at base of pseudobulb, suberect or arching, 40-75 cm, slender; rachis 23-29 cm, 3-8-flowered; floral bracts subtriangular, 2-4 mm. Flowers fragrant, 6.5-8 cm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 25-43 mm; sepals and petals green with heavy reddish brown longitudinal stripes and irregular spots of same color, or uniformly greenish yellow; lip pale yellow or white with red-brown venation on lateral lobes and a few red-brown spots and a central longitudinal dash on mid-lobe, or white with yellow venation on lateral lobes and scattered yellow spots on mid-lobe. Sepals narrowly oblong-oblanceolate to narrowly obovate-oblong, 34-52 × 7-14 mm, apex acute to obtuse. Petals falcate, ligulate, 33-53 × 4-7 mm, apex acute; lip elliptic-ovate, 24-43 mm, base fused to basal margins of column for 2-3 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, subovate, sometimes shortly ciliate; mid-lobe slightly recurved, cordate to ensiform, 8-9 × 10-11 mm, sometimes sparsely shortly hairy; disk densely hairy at apices of lateral lobes, papillate near base and on mid-lobe, with 2 puberulent lamellae extending to base of mid-lobe; lamellae slightly swollen toward apices. Column 23-32 mm, narrowly winged, sparsely hairy toward base; pollinia 2, subtriangular. Capsule fusiform-ellipsoid, 40-50 × 20-30 mm. Fl. Oct-Jan, fr. Mar-May. 2n = 40, 42.

Trees and rocks at forest margins and in forests; 1400-2800 m. C and SW Guizhou, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, NW, SE, and W Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam].

1 Sepals and petals green, heavily flushed red-brown; lip pale yellow or white with red-brown venation on lateral lobes and red-brown spots on mid-lobe.   14a var. erythraeum

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Cymbidium elegans var. elegans

Classification

1 higher taxa
• Orchidaceae Juss.
• Epidendroideae Lindl.
• Cymbidieae Pfitzer
• Cymbidiinae Benth.
• Cymbidium Sw.
• Cymbidium elegans Lindl.
• Cymbidium elegans var. elegans
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• Cymbidium longifolium D. Don, nom. utique rej.; Cyperorchis elegans (Lindley) Blume.
  Plants epiphytic. Leaves 6-13. Rachis with 20-35 centrifugal flowers. Lamellae on lip without any appendages. Fl. Oct-Dec. 2n = 40.
  Trees in forests, cliffs; 1700-2800 m. SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal].

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Cymbidium elegans

Cymbidium elegans

taxonomy	described by	Lindley, John
	published in	The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants  163    1832
	family	Orchidaceae
	subfamily	Epidendroideae
	tribe	Cymbidieae
	subtribe	Cymbidiinae
	genus	Cymbidium  Swartz 1799
	chromosomes	40  (Tropicos / IPCN)
native of	origins	damp, shady forests, sometime overhanging streams, in India (Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Naga Hills,Lushai Hills), Bhutan, Nepal (Tembawa, Suketar), Burma (Chin Hills),
		Viet Nam, China (Yunnan, Xizang, Zizhiqu,)
	altitude	230 - 2800 m  (760 - 9240 ft)
	habitat	temperate to cool
		informations on the climate, the weather station Falam (Chin Hills, Chin, Burma)
		temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m (4950 ft)
	life form	epiphyte or litophyte
	brightness	partial shade
inflorescence	length
	nr flowers
	size
	duration
	time	to bloom from birth, ≈ days
CITIES	appendix	II

   

Plants epiphytic or lithophytic, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs subovoid, bilaterally flattened, 4-9 × 2-3 cm, enclosed in persistent leaf bases. Leaves 6-16, distichous, lorate, 45-80 × 1-1.7(-2) cm, articulate 4-10 cm from base, apex acuminate or obtuse and usually slightly 2-lobed. Inflorescence arising from lower part of pseudobulb, usually arching, 40-50 cm; rachis pendulous or nodding, centrifugal or centripetal, densely 18-35-flowered; floral bracts small, 2-3 mm. Flowers slightly fragrant, pendulous, narrowly bell-shaped, not opening widely; pedicel and ovary 12-21 mm; sepals and petals cream-yellow to pale yellowish green, sometimes tinged pale pink; lip cream-yellow to pale yellowish green, occasionally with reddish spots, lamellae bright orange. Sepals narrowly obovate-lanceolate, 34-43 × 7-11 mm, apex acute. Petals broadly linear-oblanceolate, 30-40 × 5-8 mm, apex obtuse; lip oblanceolate-triangular, 30-40 × 4-8 mm, base fused to basal margins of column for 2-3 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes loosely clasping column, not ciliate; mid-lobe small, 6-10 × 5-8 mm, margin slightly undulate, apex slightly bilobed and incurved; disk minutely papillate on lateral lobes and densely pubescent at center of mid-lobe, with 2 longitudinal lamellae extending from base of lip to near base of mid-lobe; lamellae sparsely pubescent, 

at their apices and with a longitudinal channel between them, sometimes each lamella with a lanceolate appendage 3-5 mm on outside below middle. Column 28-32 mm, puberulent toward base, narrowly winged; pollinia 2, subclavate-obovoid.

Trees in forests, cliffs; 1700-2800 m. SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan [Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, N Vietnam].

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Cymbidium eburneum

Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family:Orchidaceae Subfamily: Epidendroideae Tribe: Cymbidieae SubTribe: Cyrtopodiinae Genus: Cymbidium Species: Cym. eburneum Alliance: Binomial name Cymbidium eburneum Lindl. 1847

Cymbidium eburneum is a species of Cymbidium.

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DescriptionEdit

Plant blooms from winter to spring with one to two 12 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant with the scent of lilac which is usually recessive in hybridization.

This species has a short inflorescence with a single large white flower.^[1] It is distinguished from other larges cymbidium species by having callus ridges which are fused.^[1]

The plant was first described by Lindley in 1847 from a species in Loddiges' nursery which was collected from the East Indies. It was later described by Griffith in 1851 as Cymbidium syringodorum, which was named after its lilac scent, and described to be from the Khasia Hill in Assam India.^[1]

Reichenbach described two variation in color Cymbidium eburneum var. philbrickianum which was pure white with a yellow callus and Cymbidium eburneum var. williamsianum which was also called var. dayi by Jennings in 1875, had a yellow callus and a pink tingle patch.^[1]

DistributionEdit

Plant is found growing on rocks and trees in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Myanmar, Yunnan China and Vietnam at elevations around 300 to 2000 meters

CultureEdit

Plant should be grown in cool areas with medium to bright light. Pot with bark and perlite. Plant prefers dry periods between watering. Reduce watering during the late fall to spring. Water about once a week. 

VarietiesEdit

Image	Name	Description
	Cymbidium eburneum variant	Sepals and petals are white, lip is white with several red spots and a yellow patch
	Cymbidium eburneum variant	Sepals and petals are white, lip is white with several red spots and a yellow patch

NamingEdit

Common Name: The Ivory-Colored Cymbidium

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