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Cymbidium hartinahianum

Cymbidium hartinahianum

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
SubTribe: Cyrtopodiinae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species: Cym. hartinahianum
Alliance:
Binomial name
Cymbidium hartinahianum
Combers & Nasution 1978


Cymbidium hartinahianum is a species of Cymbidium which blooms on a pendant inflorescence.

Description[]

Plants bloom from spring to summer.

Cymbidium hartinahianumwas first described in 1977 by Comber & Nasution.[1]

Distribution[]

Plants are found growing in poor soil in the damp grassland with Imperata cylindrica, Themeda villosa, and patches of Gleichenia sp. ferns in the Bukit Barisan Mountains plateu of Sumatra at elevations of 1700 to 2700 meters.[1]


Culture[]

Plant should be grown in cool to warm areas with medium to bright light. Pot with bark and perlite. Plant prefers dry periods between watering. Reduce watering during the winter. Water about once a week.

Naming[]

Common Name: The Hartinah Cymbidium

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Cribb, Phillip, and David Du Puy (1988). The Genus Cymbidium (Timber Press). 
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