Gynoglottis cymbidioides (Rchb.f.) J.J.Sm. 1904

Plant and Flowers Photo courtesy of © J. Comber, André Schuiteman, Dr. E.F. de Vogel and Jaap Vermeulen © and Their Netherlands National Herbarium Website

Common Name The Cymbidium-Like Gynoglottis

Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]

Found in New Guinea in wet moss forests low down on tree trunks at elevations of 1500 to 1700 meters as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with short, lanceolate, shiny pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, narrowly lanceolate, acute, petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a terminal, to 12" [30 cm] long, shorter than the leaves, 15 to 30 flowered inflorescence that arises on new leads and is covered by several imbricate sheaths and has lanceolate floral bracts and carries very fragrant flowers that face in all directions.

Synonyms *Coelogyne cymbidioides Rchb.f. 1862; Coelogyne xylobioides Kraenzl. 1893

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchids of Sumatra Comber 2001; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; A to Z of South East Asian Orchid Species Vol 2 O'Byrne 2011 photo fide

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