Cymbidium sinense (Jackson) Willd.

in Sp. Pl. Ed. 4, 111 (1805).

Synonymes

Cymbidium albojucundissimum Hayata in Icon. Pl. Formos. 4: 74 (1914).

Cymbidium chinense Heynhold in Nomencl. 2: 179 (1846).

Cymbidium fragrans Salisbury in Trans. Hort. Soc. 1: 298 (1812).

Cymbidium hoosai Makino in Bot. Mag. Tokyo 16: 27 (1902).

Epidendrum sinense Jackson in Andr., Bot. Rep. 3:T. 216 (1802). (basionyme)

Wutongshania guandongensis J.N.Zhang & Z.J.Liu in J. S. China Agric. Univ. 19(1): 74 (1998).

Répartition

Birmanie, Chine, Hong Kong, Inde, Japon, Laos, Taiwan, Thaïlande, Vietnam.

Chine : Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan.

Inde : Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya.

Taiwan : I-lan, New T'ai-pei, P'ing-tung, T'ai-tung.

Floraison : JFM______OND. Altitude de 300 à 2300 m.

Description sommaire

Plante terrestre. Taille de 0 à 80 cm. Feuilles de 2 à 4, de 40-1000 × 20-32 mm, distiques, elliptiques, linéaires. Fleurs de 8 à 26, jaunes, violettes, brunes, à parfum . Sépale dorsal elliptique, de 26-39 × 5-9 mm. Sépales latéraux elliptiques, de 26-39 × 5-9 mm. Pétales ovales, de 23-34 × 7-11 mm. Labelle oblong. Chromosomes : 2n=40.

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