Cymbidium hartinahianum J.B.Comber & Nasution 1977 SUBGENUS Cymbidium SECTION Austrocymbidium Photo by IDENTITAS FLORA DAN FAUNA SUMATERA UTARA WebsiteCopyright ©

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Common Name Hartinah's Cymbidium [Wife of Suharto, Indonesian President 1900's]

Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]

Found in northern Sumatra in grasslands mixed with ferns at elevations of 1680 to 2600 meters as a small to large sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with conspicuous when older, ovoid pseudobulb enveloped completely by 6 to 10 leaf-bearing sheaths carrying linear, acute, v-shaped in cross-section, variable length leaves that blooms in the summer on an erect, much longer than the leaves, 20 to 40" [50 to 100 cm]long, 6 to 9 spread out sheathes, 10 to 20 flowered inflorescence and carrying well spaced flowers without a scent.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 2 1978 drawing/photo ok; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001 photo ok; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007 photo ok;

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