Cymbidium wilsonii Veitch

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Orchidaceae > Cymbidium

Characteristics

Plants epiphytic, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs narrowly ovoid, bilaterally flattened, ca. 6 × 3 cm. Leaves 7, lorate, ca. 90 × 2.5 cm, articulate 6-11 cm from base, apex acute. Inflorescence suberect or arching, 25-70 cm; rachis 5-15-flowered; floral bracts triangular, very small. Flowers slightly fragrant, 9-10 cm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 22-42 mm; sepals and petals green or yellowish green with inconspicuous reddish brown longitudinal venation and more distinct reddish brown speckles along veins; lip cream-yellow with dark reddish brown striations on lateral lobes and with a submarginal V-shaped reddish brown patch composed of dense spots and blotches along apical margin of mid-lobe, becoming purplish red following pollination. Sepals narrowly obovate, 44-57 × 12-19 mm, apex acuminate. Petals narrowly obovate, 40-53 × 7-13 mm, apex acuminate; lip broadly ovate-elliptic, base fused to basal margins of column for 3.5-5 mm, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, ciliate; mid-lobe 15-18 mm, margin undulate; disk papillate or puberulent. Column 27-32 mm, broadly winged at apex, sparsely puberulent and papillate near base on ventral surface; pollinia 2, deltoid. Fl. Feb-Apr.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support epiphyte
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5
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JanFebMar
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OctNovDec
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Environment

Light 3-6
Soil humidity 2-5
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Cymbidium wilsonii world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:625235-1
WFO ID wfo-0000934694
COL ID 336JM
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Cyperorchis wilsonii Cymbidium giganteum var. wilsonii Cymbidium wilsonii