Cymbidium bicolor Lindl. 1833 SECTION Cymbidium Hunt 1970 Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Orchid Species Photo Website
Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Zainal Abidin Bin Othman
Closeup of Flower Photo courtesy of The Oman and His Orchid Website
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Common Name The Two-Colored Cymbidium - In Thailand - Kare karawn dam khaow - Katae taimai
Flower Size 1 3/4" [4.5 cm]
Found from Vietnam, Pennisular Malaysia, Borneo, Sulawesi, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines in evergreen broadleaf and in semi-deciduous and deciduous dry lowland forests and savana-like woodlands at elevations of 800 to 1100 meters as a large sized hot to warm growing epiphyte with ellipsoid, laterally compressed pseudobulbs carrying ligulate, thick, coriaceous, oblique to unequally bilobed apically leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on a 2' 5" [72 cm] long, basal, racemose scape that can be arched or pendant with up to 26, fragrant flowers that have brown scarious basal sheaths. This species likes even year round conditions that are humid, warm and with regular fertilizer.
Synonyms Cymbidium aloifolium Sensu Bl. 1825; Cymbidium aloifolium var pubescens [Lindl.] Ridl. 1911; Cymbidium bicolor subsp. obtusum Du Puy & P.J.Cribb 1988; Cymbidium bicolor subsp. pubescens (Lindl.) Du Puy & P.J.Cribb 1988; Cymbidium celibicum [Schlechter]Schtr. 1925; Cymbidium flaccidum Schltr. 1913; Cymbidium pubescens Lindl. 1840; Cymbidium pubescens Lindl. var celibicum Schlechter 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905 C pubescens; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 4 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 5 1980 as C pubescens; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 3 1984 as C pubescens; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984 as C pubescens; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 photo; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchid Australia Vol 12 No 4 2000 photo as C pubescens; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007
Cymbidium bicolor subsp. pubescens (Lindl.) Du Puy & P.J.Cribb 1988
Found in Borneo, Java, Malaysia the Philippines, Sumatra and Sulawesi in riverine, hill forests and along roadside secondary trees at elevations of 400 to 1100 meters and differs from the type in the densely pubescent lip, the sepals that are just slightly longer than the petals and the petals are weakly porrect and spreading..
Synonyms Cymbidium celebicum (Schltr.) Schltr. 1925; Cymbidium pubescens Lindl. 1840; Cymbidium pubescens var. celebicum Schltr. 1911
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007
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