Cymbidium sigmoideum J.J.Sm. 1907 SECTION Cyperorchis Hunt 1970 Photo by © Neoh Cheow Ching and his Public Picasa Web Gallery

Common Name The "S" Shaped Cymbidium

Flower Size 1.4 to 1.8" [3.5 to 4.5 cm]

Found in Malaysia, Borneo, Java and Sumatra in cooler lower montane forests in moss cushion low on tree trunks near the forest floor often in deep shade at elevations of 800 to 1700 as a large sized, cool growing epiphyte with stem-like, not inflated, inconspicuous pseudobulbs enveloped completely by leaf bases and carrrying 9 to 12, linear-obovate, acute, articulated 2 to 3.2" [5 to 8 cm] from the pseudobulb that blooms sporadically throughout the year on a basal, horizontal to pendulous, 10 to 29.5 [25 to 83 cm] long, 4 to 23 flowered, purple inflorescence enveloped by 9 to 10, imbricate, cymbiform, acute bracts and ovate to triangular, acute floral bracts and carrying waxy flowers

Synonyms Cymbidium kinabaluense K.M.Wong & C.L.Chan 1993; Cyperorchis sigmoidea (J.J.Sm.) J.J.Sm.1927

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 4 1980 photo ok; A Checklist of the Orchids of Borneo Wood & Cribb 1994 drawing ok; Orchids of Borneo Wood Vol 4 2003 as C kinabulense drawing/photo fide; The Genus Cymbidium Du Puy & Cribb 2007 photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 1 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011 drawing/photo fide; The Orchids of Mount Kinabalu Vol 2 Wood, Beaman, Lamb, Chu Lun and Beaman 2011; Wild Orchids of Penninsular Malaysia Ong, O'Byrne, Yong & Saw 2011 photo fide

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