Cymbidium bicolor Lindl. 1833 SUBGENUS Cymbidium SECTION Cymbidium 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; 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; 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;
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.
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;
