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Cymbidium aloifolium is a species of Cymbidium which blooms on a pendant inflorescence.
Description
Plant blooms on a 75 cm pendant inflorescence with up to 75 flowers. Flowers are 4.25 cm wide with red stripes on petals and sepal. The species' flowers can be easily confused with Cymbidium dayanum but differs by having a rounded lip edge and an hourglass shape in the center of the lip. Plant blooms in winter to early spring.
Distribution
Cymbidium aloifolium is found in dry decidious forests in tree trunk, mossy rocks, and leaf litter of open areas with partial shade. The plant is found at elevations of 0 to 1500 meters in Guangdong, Hong Kong, China; Assam; Bangladesh; eastern Himalayas; India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Andaman Islands; Myanamar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Malaysia; Java and Sumatra.
Culture
Plate of Cymbidium aloifolium
Plant should be grown in intermediate to warm areas with medium to bright light. Pot with bark and perlite. Plant prefers dry periods between watering. Reduce watering during the winter.
Varieties
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Cymbidium aloifolium | Sepals are yellow and petals are yellow with a red stripe, lip is yellow with red stripes |
Naming
Common Name: The Aloe-Leafed Cymbidium
Synonyms
- Aerides borassi Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. 1813
- Cymbidium crassifolium Wall. 1828
- Cymbidium erectum Wight 1852
- Cymbidium intermedium H.G.Jones 1974
- Cymbidium mannii Rchb. f. 1872
- Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw. 1799
- Cymbidium simulans Rolfe 1917
- Epidendrum aloides Curtis 1797
- Epidendrum aloifolium L. 1753
- Epidendrum pendulum Roxb. 1795