| Cymbidium serratum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, beihefte 4 : 73 - 74 1919 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Cymbidiinae | |
| genus | Cymbidium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | open evergreen forests, meadows, in China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Hubei, Yunnan), Taiwan, Japan |
| altitude | 1200 - 3000 m (3960 -10890 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Huili (Sichuan, China) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2000 m / 6600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Huili this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 45 m' to 10 h 15 m' | |
| life form | geophyte in steep rochy localities | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 cm (2.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 6 L 5.5 cm (2.4" L 2.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
