The beloved Cymbidium orchid yields bountiful tall spikes of many exquisite flowers amid elegant grassy-leaved foliage and short, fat, egg-shaped pseudobulbs.
Plants can stay in bloom for 3 months; the waxy long–lasting flowers make classic corsages and are a commercial cut-flower industry.
Flowers come in just about every shade except blue and purple. The 45 species range from low to high elevations of India to Japan down to Australia, often in exposed habitats in full sun. Some, such as Cymbidium ensifolium, Cymbilium sinense, and cymbidium kanran, are intensely fragrant. While traditional hybrids are large cool-growing hybrids.
The generic name of the cymbidium orchids is from the Greek for “hull of a boat”, referring to the boat-shaped lip.
Cymbidium orchid
Cymbidium orchid
Cymbidium orchid
Cymbidium orchid
Cymbidium orchid
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