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Cymbidium sinense or 墨兰 in chinese, is a species of Cymbidium endemic to Southern China and Northern Vietnam
Description[]
Plants flower from fall to spring with up to twenty flowers per an inflorescence. Flowers are usually around 5 cm wide and fragrant.
Distribution[]
Plants are found in humid lowland forests in rich soil and on mountain slopes usually near water at elevations of 0 to 2000 meters. Cymbidium sinense is found in Guangdong, Hainan，Taiwan, Fujian, Jiangxi, Southern Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces of China and Northern Vietnam.
Culture[]
Grow cool to warm temperatures in diffused light to shade. Use a well drained mix and long pots because of large root system. Plants are grown in various medium such as 100% clay soil, full charcoal; 30% a mix of pumice, 40% clay pellets, and 30% gravel; full lava rock; full medium bark; or 40% perlite, 25% gravel, and 35% bark. Keep area well ventilated. Water once a week and reduce watering during winter.
Naming[]
Common Name: The Chinese Cymbidium
Synonyms[]
- Cymbidium albojucundissimum Hayata 1914
- Cymbidium chinense Heynh. 1841
- Cymbidium fragrans Salisb. 1812
- Cymbidium hoosai Makino 1902
- Cymbidium sinense f. pallidiflorum (S.S.Ying) S.S.Ying 1990
- Cymbidium sinense f. taiwanianum (S.S.Ying) S.S.Ying 1990
- Cymbidium sinense var. pallidiflorum S.S.Ying 1987
- Cymbidium sinense var. taiwanianum S.S.Ying 1987
- Epidendrum sinense Andrews 1802