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Cymbidium lancifolium

Cym lancifolium

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
SubTribe: Cyrtopodiinae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species: Cym. lancifolium
Alliance:
Binomial name
Cymbidium lancifolium
Hook. 1823


Cymbidium lancifolium is a species of Cymbidium from Australia.

Description[]

Plant blooms from spring and summer with up to five 5 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.

Distribution[]

Plant is found in the forest of the Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, China, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra and New Guinea at elevations of 200 to 2300 meters

Culture[]

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

Varieties[]

Image Name Description
Cymbidium lancifolium Cymbidium lancifolium variant Sepals and petals are white, lip is white with a purple patch.


Naming[]

Common Name:The Lance-Leafed Cymbidium

Synonyms[]

  1. Cymbidium aspidistrifolium Fukuy. 1934
  2. Cymbidium caulescens Ridl. 1915
  3. Cymbidium cuspidatum Blume 1825
  4. Cymbidium gibsoni Lindl. & Paxton 1852-3
  5. Cymbidium javanicum Blume 1825
  6. Cymbidium kerrii Rolfe ex Downie 1925
  7. Cymbidium lancifolium f. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) T.P.Lin 1977
  8. Cymbidium lancifolium var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying 1977
  9. Cymbidium lancifolium var. papuanum (Schltr.) S.S.Ying 1990
  10. Cymbidium lancifolium var. syunitianum (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying 1977
  11. Cymbidium maclehoseae S.Y.Hu 1972
  12. Cymbidium nagifolium Masam. 1930
  13. Cymbidium papuanum Schltr. 1913
  14. Cymbidium syunitianum Fukuy. 1935
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