Cymbidium iridioides

 

Best known as giganteum this is another of the large flowered species.  Although some do not consider it as showy as some of the others a specimen plant with several racemes is always admired.  The scape is 45 - 85 cm long carrying between 7 and 20  scented flowers up to 10 cm across.  The colour varies from red to ginger brown.

Culture

We grow and flower this species under shade cloth in Melbourne.  It flowers in May for us.

Habitat

On trees in dense forest, especially in hollows containing decomposing vegetable matter.

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