Cymbidium aliciae Quisumb. 1940 SECTION Borneense Du Puy & Cribb 1988 Photo courtesy of Peter O'Byrne, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

Common Name or Meaning Alicia's Cymbidium [Alicia Day, American Orchid Enthusiast in the Philippines 1900's]

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Sulawesi and the Philippines on the island of Luzon in montane forests at elevations around 300 to 2750 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing semi-terrestrial without pseudobulbs, but has pale green, 8 to 10, clustered, slightly leathery, curved, linear, basally grooved, acute apically leaves that blooms on a racemose, erect, few flowered, 7.6 to 8" [19 to 20 cm] long inflorescence and carries to 10, slightly fragrant flowers

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; Orchid Australia Vol 12 No 4 2000 photo; Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007

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