Cymbidium aloifolium (L.) Sw.

Description:  Cymbidium aloifolium is found in dry decidious forests in tree trunk and branches, mossy rocks, rotting wood, 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; Bangladesh; eastern Himalayas; Assam India; Nepal; Sri Lanka; Andaman Islands; Myanamar; Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Malaysia; Java and Sumatra. The plant is also found growing on trunks of palm trees and on rocks.
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Photorights: Cedric Jancloes
  • Size:  Plant blooms on a 75 cm pendant inflorescence with up to 75 flowers. Flowers are 4 - 4.25 cm wide
  • Collector/Witnesses:  Cedric Jancloes (#CJ095), Sok vichea (2014)
  • Year Collected:  2011
  • Growing Media:  pot/wood
  • Flowering Period:  march- may
  • Color:  reddish brown sepals, and petals bordered by white, lip with red purple stripes, anther cap yellow
  • Water:  1 time daily
  • Light:  medium to bright light
  • Temperature:  10 - 29°C
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