Cymbidium erythraeum var. flavum
Object Details
- Description
- This small to large orchid is known as the Chinese variety of C. erythraeum. C. erythraeum was first collected and recorded from India, with the Chinese variety displaying difference in its flower.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- November to February
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2020-0130A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Arching to horizontal inflorescence is 10-30" long with 5-14 greenish-yellow flowers with a white lip with yellow spots. Flowers are 3.2" across.
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- China (Yunnan)
- Habitat
- Evergreen broad leaved forests; 2400-2800m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Chinese Red-Spotted Lip Cymbidium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Cymbidium
- Species
- erythraeum
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2020-0130A
