Cymbidium lancifolium

[KyushuCalanthe]

Here's an unusual little Cymbidium species. This plant is found throughout much of southern Japan, but it is common nowhere. Although it said to be found in the surrounding mountains, I have yet to find one in the wild. Here's mine in flower now.

It is a small plant, standing only about 8" tall. I've grown it for about one year, and so far it seems pretty easy in this climate. It is in pure sphagnum, just like a Neofinetia. I keep it outside all year where it experiences the full brunt of the seasons including light freezes in winter.

 

[JeanLux]

I do not esp. like cyms, but this one is very cute and has an unusual foliage for a cymbidium!!!? Jean

 

[TyroneGenade]

A very appealing plant. Are these common in cultivation in Japan? Is there a cult following like for Neofinetia and the related Cymbidium goeringii?

Thanks for posting the pictures. Do you have full-frontal picture? The lip looks very interestingly marked.

 

[Elena]

Pretty and delicate, very nice.

 

[Kavanaru]

very nice Cymb! I would not mind having this one next to my Neos and Sedireas

nice picture!

 

[biothanasis]

Great cym and lovely pics!!!! Does it get full sun, even in summer??? Any fragrance???

 

[smartie2000]

pretty! those are some very broad leaves for this genus

 

[SlipperFan]

Sweet flowers and leaves. I was wondering about fragrance, also.

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Hey guys, to answer some of your questions:

A very appealing plant. Are these common in cultivation in Japan? Is there a cult following like for Neofinetia and the related Cymbidium goeringii?

Thanks for posting the pictures. Do you have full-frontal picture? The lip looks very interestingly marked.

They are around, but no where near as commonly grown as C. goeringii, C. kanran, C. sinense, etc. This plant was bought alongside some others that had leave variegation in varying proportions - the more variegation, the higher the price. I got this little jewel for just the equivalent of $6 US!

I'll try to snap off a lip shot before the flowers fade. They can flower up to a couple times a year - late spring and again in late fall.

Great cym and lovely pics!!!! Does it get full sun, even in summer??? Any fragrance???

Sweet flowers and leaves. I was wondering about fragrance, also.

No sun on these at all. This is a woodland species, supposedly living in bamboo thickets. Fragrance is minimal to my nose, but different clones could smell stronger.

There are lots of strange Cymbidiums out there, very different than the florist shop hybrids. In Japan we have epiphytes with pendant flower stalks, leafless terrestrial saprophytes, truly dwarf sized ones, and one species (C. goeringii) even grows up to Hokkaido, a truly cold place in winter.

 

[emydura]

That is a beautiful flower. The leaves are just as amazing.

Easy to grow?

David

 

[Greenpaph]

Wow! Very different!

 

[KyushuCalanthe]

Easy to grow?

Maybe! I've had it only a year now and so far it is doing nicely.

 

[NYEric]

Very interesting, Jason Fischer acquired some goeringii and I'm on the list [hopefully] to get a couple. Thanx for sharing.

 

[cnycharles]

very nice

 

[biothanasis]

Very interesting, Jason Fischer acquired some goeringii and I'm on the list [hopefully] to get a couple. Thanx for sharing.

Doesn't this plant have pseudobulbs Eric??? oke:oke:oke:

 

[NYEric]

I now have 4 orchids/500 with pseudobulbs so there!

 

[biothanasis]

I now have 4 orchids/500 with pseudobulbs so there!

hehe...^_^ Happy growing...