Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae |
Tribe | Cymbidieae |
Subtribe | Cymbidiinae |
Scientific name | Cymbidium goeringii (Reichenbach f.) Reichenbach f. |
Synonyms | Cymbidium chuen-lan C.H. Chow; Cymbidium formosanum Hayata var. gracillimum (Fukuyama) T. S. Liu & H. J. Su; Cymbidium forrestii Rolfe; Cymbidium goeringii Reichenbach f. var. formosanum (Hayata) S.S. Ying; Cymbidium goeringii Reichenbach f. var. formosanum (Hayata) S.S. Ying forma albiflorum S. S. Ying; Cymbidium goeringii Reichenbach f. var. gracillimum (Fukuyama) Govaerts; Cymbidium goeringii Reichenbach f. var. mackinnonii (Duthie) A. N. Rao; Cymbidium goeringii Reichenbach f. var. papyfiflorum Y. S. Wu; Cymbidium goeringii Reichenbach f. var. serratum (Schlechter) Y. S. Wu & S. C. Chen; Cymbidium gracillimum Fukuyama; Cymbidium mackinnonii Duthie; Cymbidium pseudovirens Schlechter; Cymbidium serratum Schlechter; Cymbidium tentyozanense Masamune; Cymbidium tsukengensis C. Chow; Cymbidium uniflorum Yen; Cymbidium virens Reichenbach f.; Cymbidium virescens Lindley; Cymbidium yunnanense Schlechter; Maxillaria goeringii Reichenbach f. |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shun-ran (シュンラン, 春蘭 [meaning: Spring orchid]), hokuro (ホクロ, 黒子 [meaning: mole]) |
(English common name) Goering's Cymbidium | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido (Okushiri Island), Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
Habitat | Forest |
Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
Description | Leaves 20-50cm long, 6-10mm wide. Scapes electing 10-25cm tall. Flowers sepals 3-3.5cm long, flowering in March to April. Terrestrial. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Cymbidium goeringii (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. |
Cymbidium goeringii var. goeringii (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. | |
Cymbidium goeringii [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1864 | |
Chemically-active composition containing divalent iron ions (US Patent 4670288/1987) | |
Hair treatment composition and hair cosmetic for damaged hair (US Patent 20060165636) | |
Cosmetic composition and production thereof (US Patent 20060018867) | |
Note | Cymbidium goeringii var. goeringii (in Japan) has single flower on the top of scape. |
Cymbidium goeringii var. tortisepalum (in China and Taiwan) has 2 - 4 flowers on a scape. Cymbidium goeringii var. longibracteatum (in China) has 2 - 5 or more flowers on a scape. There is no single flower type. | |
It may be very difficult to distinguish Cymbidium goeringii var. tortisepalum from Cymbidium goeringii var. longibracteatum. |
March 2006 at hillock forest |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at mountane forest |
March 2007 at Tsukuba Botanical Garden |
March 2007 at Ushiku Forest Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |
March 2007 at Ibaraki PrefectureBotanical Park |