Cymbidium iridioides Don

in Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 36 (1824).

Synonymes

Cymbidium giganteum Wallich in Gen. Sp. Orch. Pl.: 163 (1833).

Cyperorchis gigantea (Wallich) Schltr. in Fedde, Repert. 20: 107 (1924).

Iridorchis gigantea (Wallich) Blume in Coll. Orchid. Arch. Ind. Jap. 90:T. 26 (1858).

Limodorum longifolium Buchanan-Hamilton in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 163 (1833).

Répartition

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

Chine : Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan.

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

Floraison : _________ON_. Altitude de 900 à 2800 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte, lithophyte. Taille de 45 à 85 cm. Feuilles de 0 à 10, de 0-900 × 20-42 mm. Fleurs de 7 à 20, jaunes, violettes, vertes, à parfum . Sépale dorsal concave, ovale, de 45-47 × 12-18 mm. Sépales latéraux ovales, de 45-47 × 12-18 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 0-35 × 0-25 mm.

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