Cymbidium ensifolium [L]Swartz 1799 SECTION Jensoa [Raf.] Schlechter 1924 Photo courtesy of Oak Hill Gardens.

Common Name Cymbidium With The Sword Shaped Leaves - In Thailand - Chulan

Flower Size 2 3/4" [6.5 cm]

Found in Japan, China, Vietnam , Cambodia, Laos to Sumatra and Java in evergreen broadleafed plateau forests in soils dampened by mists and splash along steep watercourses or on mossy limestone rocks as a lithophyte at elevations of sealevel to 1500 meters , this medium sized, cold to warm growing terrestrial species with small pseudobulbs enveloped completely by imbricating leaf-bearing sheaths each carrying 3 to 4, strap-shaped, thin, acute, sometimes variegated leaves and blooms in the fall on a basal, erect, 12" [30 cm] long, racemose scape that has a few to many [3 to 9], long-lasting, fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Cymbidium acuminatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones 1996; Cymbidium albomarginatum Makino 1912; Cymbidium arrogans Hayata 1914; Cymbidium ensifolium subsp. acuminatum (M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones) P.J.Cribb & Du Puy 2007; Cymbidium ensifolium subsp. haematodes (Lindl.) Du Puy & P.J.Cribb ex Govaerts 1999; Cymbidium ensifolium var. haematodes (Lindl.) Trimen 1885; Cymbidium ensifolium var. misericors (Hayata) T.P.Lin 1977; Cymbidium ensifolium var. rubrigemmum (Hayata) T.S.Liu & H.J.Su 1978; Cymbidium ensifolium var. xiphiifolium (Lindl.) S.S.Ying 1990; Cymbidium ensifolium var. yakibaran (Makino) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen 1980; Cymbidium gonzalesii Quisumb. 1940; Cymbidium gyokuchin Makar. 1912; Cymbidium gyokuchin var. arrogans (Hayata) S.S.Ying 1977; Cymbidium haematodes Lindl. 1833; Cymbidium kanran var. misericors (Hayata) S.S.Ying 1977; Cymbidium koran Makino 1912; Cymbidium micans Schau. 1843; Cymbidium misericors Hayata 1914; Cymbidium niveomarginatum Makino 1912; Cymbidium rubrigemmum Hayata 1916; Cymbidium shimaran Makino 1912; Cymbidium siamense Rolfe ex Downie 1925; Cymbidium sinense var. haematodes (Lindl.) Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen 2006; Cymbidium sundaicum Schltr. 1919; Cymbidium xiphiifolium Lindl. 1821; Cymbidium yakibaran Makino, Iiinuma 1912; *Epidendrum ensifolium L. 1753; Jensoa ensata Raf. 1836; Limodorum ensatum Thunb. 1784

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as C siamense drawing; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 11 1960 photo as C niveo-marginatum; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 5 1980 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 3 1984; Orchidiana Philipiniana Vol 1 Valmayor 1984; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 2 1987 photo; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 9 1996 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 5 1997 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 11 1997 photo; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 as C arrogans; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 as C gyokuchin; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 as C rubrigemmum; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 7 1999 photo; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 10 2004 photo; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007

Cymbidium ensifolium subsp. haematodes (Lindl.) Du Puy & P.J.Cribb ex Govaerts 1999 Photos courtesy of Dr. E.F. de Vogel, André Schuiteman, and Jaap Vermeulen and Their Flora Malesiana Orchids of the Philippines Vol I Agoo, Shuiteman and de Vogel 2003; ; Netherlands National Herbarium Website. and Flora Malesiana Vol III

Occurs from India to New Guinea

Synonyms Cymbidium ensifolium var. haematodes (Lindl.) Trimen 1885; *Cymbidium haematodes Lindl. 1833; Cymbidium siamense Rolfe ex Downie 1925; Cymbidium sinense var. haematodes (Lindl.) Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen 2006; Cymbidium sundaicum Schltr. 1919;

Cymbidium ensifolium var album [L]Swartz 1799 Photo courtesy of Tan Eng Tiek

An albino form of the previous species.

Cymbidium ensifolium var Kuan Yin Susin [L]Swartz 1799 Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

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A variety of the previous species

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 4 2000 photo;

Cymbidium ensifolium var. Si Ji Lan [L]Swartz 1799 Photo courtesy of First Ray Orchids

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A variety of the previous species.

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