Cymbidium lancifolium Hook. 1823 SECTION Pachyrhizanthe Schlechter 1924 Photo by © Pieter C. Brouwer and his Nature Photo Website

Flower Closeup Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website

Inflorescence Photo courtesy of Nik Fahmi

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Common Name The Lance-Leafed Cymbidium

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found from Assam, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, western Himalayas, China, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Myanamar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Java Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra and New Guinea in broad-leafed forests at elevations of 200 to 2300 meters as a medium sized, hot to warm growing lithophyte on limestone outcroppings and cliffs or terrestrial in damp humus filled crevasses or in rich soils dampened by mists and splash along steep watercourses with fusiform, fleshy pseudobulbs carrying 3 to 6 plicate, thin-textured, elliptic, acute, petiolate leaves which blooms on a erect, to more than 12" [to more than 30 cm] long, with a few [5 to 6] distantly spaced, long-lasting, fragrant flowers occuring in the spring and summer.

Synonyms Cymbidium aspidistrifolium Fukuy. 1934; Cymbidium caulescens Ridl. 1915; Cymbidium cuspidatum Blume 1825; Cymbidium gibsoni Lindl. & Paxton 1852-3; Cymbidium javanicum Blume 1825; Cymbidium kerrii Rolfe ex Downie 1925; Cymbidium lancifolium f. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) T.P.Lin 1977; Cymbidium lancifolium var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying 1977; Cymbidium lancifolium var. papuanum (Schltr.) S.S.Ying 1990; Cymbidium lancifolium var. syunitianum (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying 1977; Cymbidium maclehoseae S.Y.Hu 1972; Cymbidium nagifolium Masam. 1930; Cymbidium papuanum Schltr. 1913; Cymbidium syunitianum Fukuy. 1935

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Von Java J.J.Sm. 1905; Orchidaceae of German New Guinea Schlechter 1914/85 as Cymbidium papuanum; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 6 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 6 1978 photo as C gibsonii; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 5 1980 photo; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as C caulescens drawing fide; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 drawing; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959 as C kerrii drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 2 1970 photo as C aspidstrifolium; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 4 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 4 1978 photo as C gibsonii; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 3 1984; Orchids of Java Comber 1990; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997 as Cym javanicum; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 photo as C gibsonii; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 5 1998 as C aspidistrifolium; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 4 2000; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Beautiful Orchids of Nepal Rajbhandari & Bhattarai 2001; Orchids of Bhutan Pearce & Cribb 2002; Lindleyana Vol 17 No 1 2002; Flora Malesiana Orchids of New Guinea Vol III Shuiteman and de Vogel 2006; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide;

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