Cymbidium cyperifolium Wallich

in Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl.: 163 (1833).

Synonymes

Cymbidium carnosum Griff. in Notulae 3: 339-40 (1851).

Cymbidium szechuanicum S.C.Chen & Y.S.Wu in Acta Phytotax. Sin., 11 (1): 33 (1966).

Cymbidium viridiflorum Griff. in Itin. Not. Bhot: 53 (1835).

Limodorum longifolium Roxburgh in Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 468 (1832).

Cyperorchis wallichii Blume in Orchid. Arch. Ind.: 92 (1858).

Geodorum longifolium (Roxburgh) Voigt in Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 628 (1845).

Répartition

Bhoutan, Birmanie, Chine, Inde, Népal, Sikkim, Vietnam.

Chine : Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.

Floraison : J_________ND. Altitude de 1500 à 2750 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 23 à 43 cm. Feuilles de 5 à 10, de 500-900 × 9-15 mm, distiques. Fleurs de 4 à 7, jaunes, vertes, à parfum . Sépale dorsal elliptique, oblong, de 25-35 × 5-8 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, oblongs, de 25-35 × 5-8 mm. Pétales ovales, de 19-29 × 6-9 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=40.

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