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Cymbidium dayanum Rchb.f.   (redirected from: Cymbidium pulcherrimum Sander)
Family: Orchidaceae
[Cymbidium acutum Ridl., moreCymbidium aestivum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen, Cymbidium alborubens Makino, Cymbidium angustifolium Ames & C.Schweinf., Cymbidium dayanum subsp. leachianum (Rchb.f.) S.S.Ying, Cymbidium dayanum var. albiflorum S.S.Ying, Cymbidium dayanum var. austrojaponicum Tuyama, Cymbidium dayanum var. leachianum (Rchb.f.) S.S.Ying, Cymbidium eburneum Lindl., Cymbidium eburneum var. austrojaponicum (Tuyama) M.Hiroe, Cymbidium eburneum var. dayanum (Rchb.f.) Hook.f., Cymbidium eburneum var. dayi Jenn., Cymbidium leachianum Rchb.f., Cymbidium poilanei Gagnep., Cymbidium pulcherrimum Sander, Cymbidium simonsianum King & Pantl., Cymbidium simonsianum f. vernale Makino, Cymbidium sutepense Rolfe ex Downie]
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Ohwi 1985 Flora of Japan
Japanese name: HETSUKA-RAN.

Evergreen epiphytic herb; leaves tufted, arcuate, 30-50 cm. long, 10-13 mm. wide, acuminate, slightly narrowed at base, nearly glabrous; scapes lateral, pendulous, with few sheathing scales on the lower part; racemes few- to relatively many-flow- ered, 10-20 cm. long, pendulous, the bracts lanceolate, 5-8 mm. long, acuminate; sepals spreading, oblanceolate, 3-3.2 cm. long, 5-7 mm. wide, acute to obtuse, white, brownish purple near the base; petals slightly smaller, the lip about 2 cm. long, erect, the lobes ovate, the lateral lobes small, obtuse, the termi- nal one cuspidate; column about 13 mm. long; capsules fusi- form, about 6 mm. long inclusive of the short pedicel.

Oct. Epiphyte;

Kyushu (s. distr.).-Ryukyus and Formosa.

 

Japan Red List (2000)

An epiphytic orchid that grows on the trunks of evergreen forests. Its leaves are fascicled and 30-50cm long. The flower stalks are 10-15cm long and hang down from the side of the pseudobulb. It blooms sparsely from October to November, producing 10-15 flowers. The sepals are lanceolate and reflexed, measuring 3-3.2cm in length. They are white with broad dark reddish-purple stripes along the midvein. The lateral petals are similar in shape and color to the sepals. The lip is erect, dark reddish-purple, and 2cm long. It is shallowly 3-lobed at the apex, with small and blunt side lobes and a recurved middle lobe.

 

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