Cymbidium mastersii Griff.

in Lindley, Bot. Reg. 31:T. 50 (1845).

Synonymes

Cymbidium affine Griff. in Notulae 3: 336 (1851).

Cymbidium micromeson Lindl. in J. Linn. Soc. 3: 29 (1858).

Cyperorchis mastersii Bentham in J. Linn. Soc. 18: 318 (1881).

Répartition

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

Chine : Yunnan.

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

Floraison : J_______SOND. Altitude de 900 à 2200 m.

Description sommaire

Plante épiphyte, lithophyte. Taille de 25 à 40 cm. Feuilles de 6 à 17, de 300-640 × 15-18 mm, linéaires. Bractées triangulaires. Fleurs de 5 à 10, blanches, roses, à parfum . Sépale dorsal elliptique, oblong, de 43-52 × 8-11 mm. Sépales latéraux lancéolés, oblongs, de 51-54 × 9-10 mm. Labelle trilobé, de 46-48 × 22-26 mm. Chromosomes : 2n=40.

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