Cymbidium bicolor

Cymbidium bicolor

Cymbidium bicolor                                                                                                                                                          photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy       described by Lindley, John
  published in      The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants  164    1833
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Cymbidiinae
  genus Cymbidium  Swartz 1799
     
  chromosomes 2n = 42 
  metabolism  CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night.
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013)
    it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots.
     
native of origins forests, on large branches or trunks of trees in India (Samalbong-Sinjee, Suruk Busty, Kalimpong),
Sri Lanka (Adams Peak), Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam (Nghe An), Malaysia (Borneo, Melalop Hills), 
The Philippines (Palawan)
  altitude 0 - 1600 m  (0 - 5280 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Ratnapura (Adam National Park, Sri Lanka)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) :
    Cymbidium bicolor a gr uk
  photoperiod in Ratnapura this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 26 m' to 11 h 34 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   sunny to full sun
     
inflorescence    length 18 cm  (7.2"), basal, pendant 
  nr flowers 14 - 18, fragrants
  size single flower  2 L 3 cm  (0.8" L 1.2") - inflorescence  15 L 5 cm  (6" L 2")
  duration inflorescence30 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 50 days      
     
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