Cymbidium cyperifolium var. szechuanicum

Cymbidium cyperifolium, var. szechuanicum

foto C. Solimbergo

taxonomy	described by	(Lindley)  Wallich, Nathaniel
	published in	Numerical list of dried specimen  n. 7373    1828
var. szechuanicum	described by	(Wu  &  Chen)  Chen, Xin-qi  &  Liu, Zhong-jian
	published in	Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica  41 ( 1 ) : 83 - 84    2003
	family	Orchidaceae
	subfamily	Epidendroideae
	tribe	Cymbidieae
	subtribe	Cymbidiinae
	genus	Cymbidium  Swartz 1799
	chromosomes	40  (Tropicos / IPCN)
native of	origins	forests in Bhutan, China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan)
	altitude	600 - 1600 m (1980 - 5300 ft)
	habitat	temperate to cool
		informations on the climate, the weather station Dadukou (Sichuan (Szechuan), China
		temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m (3630 ft)
	life form	geophyte
	brightness	partial shade
inflorescence	length	7 cm (2.8"), basal
	nr flowers	3 - 4, fragrants
	size	single flower  5,5 L 5,5 cm  ( 2.2" L 2.2") - inflorescence  12 L 10 cm  (4.8" L 4")
	duration	inflorescence ≈ 60days
	time	from bloom to birth, ≈ 180 days
CITIES	appendix	II

Common Name The Cyperus-Like Leafed Cymbidium - In China Suo Ye Lan

Flower Size 1.6 to 2" [4 to 5 cm]

Found in Nepal, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan China, Vietnam and the Philippines in shady tropical rainforests at elevations of 600 to 1600 meters as a small to medium sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial on steep banks with small, inconspicuous pseudobulbs carrying 7 to 10, distichous, held in a weak fan, narrowly elliptic, acute, erect, entire, obscurely jointed leaves that blooms in the fall and early winter on a 3.2" [8 cm] long, 4 to 7 flowered inflorescence with fragrant [lemon] flowers

Synonyms Cymbidium carnosum Griff. 1851; Cymbidium cyperifolium subsp. indochinense Du Puy & P.J.Cribb 1988; Cymbidium cyperifolium var. szechuanicum (Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen) S.C.Chen & Z.J.Liu 2003; Cymbidium faberi var. szechuanicum (Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen 1980; Cymbidium szechuanicum Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen 1966; Cymbidium viridiflorum Griff. 1848; Cyperorchis wallichii Blume 1859; Geodorum longifolium (Roxb.) Voigt 1845; Limodorum cyperifolium Buch.-Ham. ex Lindl. 1833; Limodorum longifolium Roxb. 1832

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Sikkim-Himalaya Part 1 King & Pantling 1898 drawing ok; The Orchids of North-Western Himalaya Vol IX Part II Duthie 1906; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 4 1978 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 6 1978 photo fide; Die Orchideen lieferung 24 Schlechter/Brieger 1991; Orchids of Kumaun Himalayas Pangtey, Samant and Rawat 1991; Thai Orchid Species Rakpaibulsombat 1992 photo ok; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 as C cyprifolium; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce And Cribb 2002; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007 photos fide; Orchids of India A Glimpse Misra 2007; A Field Guide to the Orchids of China Singchi, Zhongjian, Yibo, Xiaohua and Zhanhuo 2009 photo ok; Flora of China Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2009; Flora of China Illustrations Vol 25 Zhengyi, Raven & Deyuan 2010 drawing ok; The Wild Orchids in Yunnan Xu Xiang Ye & Liu 2010 photos fide to var szechuanium;

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