Cymbidium lancifolium
Object Details
- Description
- This medium-sized orchid is an easy grower which is unique among cymbidiums for having broad leaves.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- Year round; peaks from May to October
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (Apis cerana cerana), food deception
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2020-0131A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Lithophytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Erect inflorescence is 3-14" long with 4-8 long-lasting, green to white flowers with red lines down the centers of the petals, and a white lip with red dots. Flowers are
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- Trop and Subtrop Asia
- Habitat
- Broad leaved hill forests; 1400-2300m
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- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Lance-Leafed Cymbidium
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Cymbidium
- Species
- lancifolium
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2020-0131A
