Cymbidium hookerianum

Cymbidium hookerianum (common name Hooker's Cymbidium) is a species of orchid found in India, China, and Vietnam. It is distributed widely in Bhutan, especially in the cool temperate forests.

Cymbidium hookerianum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cymbidium
Species:
C. hookerianum
Binomial name
Cymbidium hookerianum
Rchb.f. (1866)
Synonyms
  • Cymbidium grandiflorum Griff. (1851)
  • Cyperorchis grandiflora Schltr. (1924)

Description
Illustration of Cymbidium hookerianum

Cymbidium hookerianum is a species of medium to large size orchid, which prefers cold weather. It is epiphytic with an ovoid pseudobulb, elongated with ligulate, acuminate, and articulated leaves. It blooms in a solid inflorescence, sheathed at the base, hanging and arched, 75 cm long, apical with triangular floral bracts and bearing 6 to 15 flowers, 14 cm long. It has a very fragrant and long-lasting oder. Flowering occurs in late winter and spring.[1]

Distribution and habitat

It is distributed throughout Nepal, Bhutan, and Sikkim on steep river banks in dense and humid forests or oak forests, always at heights of 1600 to 2400 meters.[1]

Taxonomy

Cymbidium hookerianum was described by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach and published in The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette in 1866.[2]

Etymology

Cymbidium: The name derives from the Greek word kumbos, which means "hole, cavity". This refers to the shape of the base of the lip. According to other scholars it derives from the Greek kimbe, which means boat, for the shape of the ship that the lip assumes.

hookerianum: Named in honor of botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, "an excellent name too, given with the writer's best wishes as a gratulation for the first new year's day of his Kew directorship, to Dr. Hooker." [3]

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References
  1. Pfahl, Jay. "Cymbidium hookerianum". Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. "!Cymbidium hookerianum Rchb. f." Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  3. Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav. in The Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette. 1866. Page 7.
  4. "Cymbidium hookerianum Rchb.f." The Plant List. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  5. "Cymbidium hookerianum". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Retrieved April 7, 2020.

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