Cymbidium dayanum

Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Epidendroideae
Tribe	Cymbidieae
Subtribe	Cymbidiinae
Scientific name	Cymbidium dayanum Reichenbach f.
Synonyms	Cymbidium acutum Ridley; Cymbidium alborubens Makino; Cymbidium angustifolium Ames & C. Schweinfurth; Cymbidium dayanum Reichenbach f. subsp. leachianum (Rchb. f.) S. S. Ying; Cymbidium dayanum Reichenbach f. var. albiflorum S. S. Ying; Cymbidium dayanum Reichenbach f. var. austrojaponicum Tuyama; Cymbidium dayanum Reichenbach f. var. leachianum (Reichenbach f.) S. S. Ying; Cymbidium eburneum Lindley var. austrojaponicum (Tuyama) M. Hiroe; Cymbidium eburneum Lindley var. dayanum Hooker f.; Cymbidium leachianum Reichenbach f.; Cymbidium poilanei Gagnepain; Cymbidium pulcherrimum Sander; Cymbidium simonsianum King & Pantling; Cymbidium sutepense Rolfe ex Downie
Common name	(Japanese common name) hetsuka-ran (ヘツカラン, 辺塚蘭 [meaning: Hetsuka orchid (Hetsuka = a local area name in Kagoshima prefecture)])
	(English common name) Day's Cymbidium
Distribution	(Japan) Kyushu (Kagoshima prefecture), Okinawa
	(Other nations) Southern China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra and the Celebes), India
Chromosomal number	unknown
Description	Leaves 30-50cm long, 10-13mm wide. Flowers sepals 3-3.2cm long, flowering in October to November. Epiphytic. Perennial plants.
Reference	Cymbidium dayanum Rchb.f. 1869
	Cymbidium dayanum Rchb. f.
Note	Photos at lower line are those of an orchid which was cultivated by Madame Akemi Hashimoto and displayed in the Orchid Show 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden.

October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	December 2005 at Koishikawa Botanical Garden	October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden

October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden	October 2006 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden