Cymbidium elegans Lindl.

in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 163 (1833).

Synonymes

Arethusantha bletioides Finet in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 44: 179. T. 5 (1897).

Cymbidium densiflorum Griff. in Notulae 3: 337 (1851).

Cymbidium longifolium Don in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 36 (1825).

Cymbidium lushuiense S.C.Chen, X.C.Shi & Z.J.Liu in Shenzhen Sci. Technol. 139: 200 (2005).

Cyperorchis elegans (Lindl.) Blume in Rumphia 4: 47 (1848).

Grammatophyllum elegans (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in Walp. Ann. 3: 1028 (1853).

Limodorum angustifolium Buchanan-Hamilton ex Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 163 (1833).

Limodorum cyperifolium Buchanan-Hamilton ex Lindl. in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 163 (1833).

Répartition

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

Chine : Sichuan, Yunnan.

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

Floraison : _________OND. Altitude de 1500 à 2500 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte, lithophyte. Taille de 30 à 60 cm. Feuilles de 7 à 13, de 0-650 × 0-14 mm, distiques. Bractées triangulaires. Fleurs de 20 à 35, blanches, jaunes, vertes. Sépale dorsal concave, oblong, ovale, de 32-43 × 7-11 mm. Sépales latéraux oblongs, oblancéolés, de 32-43 × 7-11 mm. Pétales elliptiques, lancéolés, de 31-42 × 4-8 mm. Labelle oblong, trilobé. Chromosomes : 2n=40.

Bibliographie

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