Cymbidium devonianum Paxton 1843 SECTION Bigibbarium Schlecter 1924 Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website
Floral Closeup Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website
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Common Name Devon's Cymbidium [English Duke 1800's]
Flower Size 1 to 1 1/2" [2.5 to 3.75 cm]
Found at altitudes of 1000 to 2000 meters in exposed locations on trees or mossy rocks in highland montane cloud forests from Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanamar, Thailand and Vietnam as a medium sized, warm to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte that has small, ovoid pseudobulbs enveloped by 5 to 6 scarious cataphylls and carrying 2 to 4 apical, suberect, thick, leathery, stoutly petiolate, channeled, oblong to lanceolate, obtuse to subacute, oblique, mucronate, margin entire leaves that are articulated from 2 to 6" away from the pseudobulb that blooms on a basal, sharply pendant, several to many [15 to 35] flowered, to more than 6 to 17.6" [15 to 44 cm] long, racemose inflorescence that has 6 to 7, cymbiform, acute, spreading, purple, subtending sheaths and triangular, acute floral bracts and carrying heavily textured, close set, long-lasting, color variable, non fragrant flowers occuring in late spring and early summer. This species, unlike most other Cymbidiums, needs a semi rest from water and fertilizer in the winter to insure proper blooming.
Synonyms Cymbidium rigidum Liu & Chen 2000; Cymbidium sikkimense Hooker f.1890
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 5 1979 photo; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 photo; Orchid Australia Vol 12 No 2 2000 photo; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007
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