Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1879 SECTION Cyperorchis Hunt 1970
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Common Name Low's Cymbidium [English Nursuryman 1800's]
Flower Size 3 to 4" [7.5 to 10 cm]
Found in Burma, Thailand, SW China and Vietnam in shaded, highland montane cloud forests at elevations of 1200 to 2400 meters as a large sized, cold to warm growing epiphyte with compressed pseudobulbs enveloped basally by distichous, leaf bases carrying to 9, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acuminate leaves articulate 2.4 to 4" [6 to 10 cm] from the pseudobulb which blooms in the late winter and spring on a stout, suberect to horizontal, 3'4" foot [100 cm] long, with several to many [12 to 40] flowered inflorescence enveloped by sheaths and triangular floral bracts with long-lasting, fragrant or not, flowers situated at the apex.
Synonyms *Cymbidium giganteum var. lowianum Rchb. f. 1877; Cymbidium hookerianum var. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen 1980; Cyperorchis lowiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr. 1924
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Orchids of Thailand Seidenfaden & Smitinand 1959; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 4 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 12 1993 photo; Wild Orchids of China Tsi, Chen Mori 1997; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 6 1998 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 8 1999 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 9 1999 photo; Native Orchids of China in Colour Singchi, Zhanhuo and Yibo 1999 photo fide; Orchids Australia Vol 12 No 6 2000 photo; Wild Orchids in Myanamar Vol 2 Tanaka 2004; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2002; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007; Native Orchids From Gaoligongshan Maountains, China Xiaohua, Xiaodong and Xiaochun 2009 photo fide;
Cymbidium lowianum var. concolor Rolfe 1881
A single color version of the previous species.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids Australia Vol 10 No 6 1998 photo;
Cymbidium lowianum var. iansonii (Rolfe) P.J. Cribb & Du Puy 1984
differs from the type by it's suberect inflorescence and rhachis, close set flowers, sepals and petals lightly to strongly shaded and veined red-brown, a lip with a light brown "V" shaped mark on the mid-lobe and a longer indumentum on the inner surface and on the callus..
Synonyms Cymbidium grandiflorum var. kalawense Colear 1934; Cymbidium x iansonii Rolfe 1900; Cymbidium lowianum var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts 1999; Cymbidium mandaianum Gower 1912; Cyperorchis iansonii (Rolfe) Schltr. 1924
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007
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