| Cymbidium lowianum, var. iansonii (i'ansonii) photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle, new series 11 : 332 1879 | |
| var. iansonii | described by | (Rolfe) Cribb, Phillip & Du Puy, David jr. |
| published in | Kew Bulletin 40 : 432 1984 | |
| 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 | cloud forest in Burma (Bhamo, Kalaw), China (Yunnan) |
| altitude | ≈ 1900 m (6270 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bhamo (Kachin, Burma) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2000 m / 6600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bhamo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 37 m' to 10 h 23 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 70 - 80 cm (28" - 32"), basal |
| nr flowers | 10 - 12 | |
| misure | single flower 7 L 10 cm (2.8" L 4") - inflorescence 65 L 20 cm (26" L 8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 90 - 120 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 150 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
