Life Form:

Epiphytic

Bloom Characteristics:

Pendant inflorescence is 6-17.6" long with 15-35 heavy, long-lasting green flowers that can have a heavy purple cast. Flowers are 1-1.5" across.

Fragrance:

Eucalyptus

Range:

E Nepal to China (SE Yunnan)

Habitat:

Montane cloud forests; 1000-2000m

Description:

This medium sized orchid has color variable flowers due to its large range, and is popular in hybridizing. Most pendulous cymbidium hybrids are likely to have this free flowering species somewhere in their background. C. devonianum is named for Cavendish, the Duke of Devonshire in the 1800s.

Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere):

January to May; peaks from April to May

Medicinal / Pharmaceutical:

In Nepal, this plant is made into a paste to treat boils, or made into a concentration to treat coughs and colds.

Pollination Syndrome:

Bee

Provenance:

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Common Name:

Devon's Cymbidium

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Lilianae

Order:

Asparagales

Family:

Orchidaceae

Subfamily:

Epidendroideae

Genus:

Cymbidium

Species:

devonianum

Accession Number:

2020-0127A

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax75231aaab-843e-4c6c-ba88-d65450cb4f27

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2020-0127A