Cymbidium lancifolium




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Cymbidieae
Subtribe Cymbidiinae
Scientific name Cymbidium lancifolium Hooker f.
Synonyms Cymbidium caulescens Ridley; Cymbidium cuspidatum Blume; Cymbidium gibsoni Lindley & Paxton; Cymbidium javanicum Blume; Cymbidium kerrii Rolfe ex Downie; Cymbidium lancifolium Hooker f. var. papuanum (Schlechter) S. S. Ying; Cymbidium lancifolium Hooker f. var. syunitianum (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying; Cymbidium maclehoseae S. Y. Hu; Cymbidium papuanum Schlechter;
Common name (Japanese common name) oh-nagi-ran (オオナギラン, 大梛蘭[meaning: large nagi orchid (nagi = Podocarpus Nagi)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Kyushu , Okinawa
(Other nations) Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, India
Habitat Forest
Chromosomal number 2n=38
Description Leaves 6-25cm long, 1.5-3cm wide. Scapes 10-20cm tall. Flowers sepals 2-2.5cm long, lips 8mm long 10mm wide, flowering in July. Terrestrial. Perennial plants.
Reference Cymbidium lancifolium Hook. 1823
Note  Cymbidium aspidistrifolium Fukuyama (Syn. Cymbidium javanicum Blume var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuyama) F. Maekawa; Cymbidium lancifolium Hooker f. forma aspidistrifolium (Fukuyama) T. P. Lin; Cymbidium lancifolium Hooker f. var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuyama) S. S. Ying) is not a synonym of Cymbidium lancifolium Hooker f.
Cymbidium nagifolium Masamune is not a synonym of Cymbidium lancifolium Hooker f.



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