| Cymbidium lancifolium photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Hooker, William Jackson |
| published in | Exotic Flora 1 : ad pl . 51 . 1823 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Cymbidiinae | |
| Genus | Cymbidium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 - 39 - 40 - 42 | |
| 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 | origin | open forests, bamboo forests, forests margins, humus-rich rocks along valley, in India, Nepal, Buthan, |
| Burma, Laos, Thailand, China (Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, Hainan, Hunan, Sichuan, | ||
| Xizang Zizhiqu, Zhejiang), Viet Nam (Cao Bang, Dak Lak, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Kon Tum, lai Chau, Lam Dong, | ||
| Lao Cai, Nghe An, Ninh Thuan, Quang Binh, Son La, Thanh Hoa, Tuyen Quang), Indonesia, Malaysia, | ||
| Papua, Taiwan, Japan | ||
| altitude | 200 - 2300 m (660 - 7600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Chen-pien (Guangxi, China) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1250 m / 4100 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Chen-pien this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | litophyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | full sun | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 12 - 20 cm (4.8 - 8"), basal, pendulous |
| flowers | 5 - 6 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 4 cm (2 L 1.6") - inflorescence 12 L 8 cm (4.8 L 3.2) | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
