Cymbidium erythraeum

Cymbidium erythraeum

Cymbidium erythraeum is found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, western Himalayas, Myanmar, China and Vietnam. It grows on steep banks in open mossy evergreen forests at elevations of 1000 to 2400 meters

 It is a small to large sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte or lithophyte, which are 25-57cm tall, with ovoid, bilaterally flattened, 2.5-5 x 1.5-5 cm long pseudobulbs carrying, 5 to 9, distichous, linear-oblong, gradually tapering to a fine point leaves, articulated 3 to 6 cm from the pseudobulb.

 The Red-Spotted Lip Cymbidium blooms in the late summer and early fall on an suberect to arching or horizontal, 5 to 14 flowered, 25 to 75 cm long, racemose inflorescence with scarious, lanceolate, acute sheaths and triangular, floral bracts and carrying fragrant flowers. The flowers are 8 cm in diameter; sepals and petals greenish, spotted and stiped red brown, lip yellowish to white, spotted red brown, callus cream white, column yellow, lateral lobes red veined.

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