Cymbidium parishii Rchb. f. 1874 SECTION Cyperorchis Hunt 1970

Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

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Common Name Parish's Cymbidium [English Missionary in Thailand 1800's]

Flower Size

Found in Myanamar in montane forests at elevations around 1650 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with fusiform pseudobulbs enveloped basally by persistent, distichous leaf bases and carrying 11 to 14, apical, ligulate, acute, unequally bilobed apically wit a short, mucro in the sinus leaves that are articulated to the broad sheaf bases that blooms in the late spring and early summer on an axillary, to 10" [to 25 cm] long, 2 to 3, flowered inflorescence with several, cymbiform to cylindrical sheath and triangular floral bracts and carrying smaller than C eburneum , not opening well, fragrant flowers.

Synonyms Cymbidium eburneum var parishii [Rchb.f] Hookr. f. 1891; Cyperorchis parishii (Rchb.f.) Schltr.1924

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 5 1957 drawing; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 4 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 5 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 2 1987 photo; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007

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