Cymbidium macrorhizon

Family	Orchidaceae
Subfamily	Epidendroideae
Tribe	Cymbidieae
Subtribe	Cymbidiinae
Scientific name	Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindley
Synonyms	Aphyllorchis aberrans (Finet) Schlechter; Bletia nipponica Franchet & Savatier; Cymbidium aphyllum Ames & Schlechter; Cymbidium nipponicum (Franchet & Savatier) Makino; Cymbidium nipponicum (Franchet & Savatier) Rolfe; Cymbidium pedicellatum Finet; Cymbidium szechuanensis S. Y. Hu; Pachyrhizanthe aberrans (Finet) Nakai; Pachyrhizanthe aphylla Nakai; Pachyrhizanthe macrorhizos (Lindley) Nakai; Pachyrhizanthe nipponica (Franchet & Savatier) Nakai; Pachyrhizanthe nipponicum (Franchet & Savatier) Nakai
Common name	(Japanese common name) maya-ran (マヤラン, 摩耶蘭 [meaning: Mt. Maya orchid])
	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu (west of Kanto region), Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) Korea, China; Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Pakistan
Habitat	Wet forest
Chromosomal number	2n=38
Description	Scapes electing 15-20cm tall. None leaf. Flowers 2-5, white or pale green with red spotted sepals ca. 2cm long, 3-4mm wide, lips ca. 15mm long, flowering in July to August (and sometimes in September too). Terrestrial. Saprophytes.
Reference	Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl.
	Cymbidium macrorhizon Lindl.
	Mycoheterotrophy evolved from mixotrophic ancestors: evidence in Cymbidium (Orchidaceae)
	Systematic and comparative anatomy of Cymbidieae (Orchidaceae)
	Remarkable habitat differentiation and character evolution in Cymbidium -7 Mycorrhizal assosiation in Cymbidium macrorhizon complex
	Cytogenetics and cytotaxonomy of some Brazilian species of Cymbidioid orchids

July 2009 at the Inperial Palace	July 2009 at the Inperial Palace	July 2009 at the Inperial Palace

July 2009 at the Inperial Palace

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July 2011 at Inogashira Garden	July 2011 at Inogashira Garden	July 2010 at Inogashira Garden

see also : Cymbidium aberrans