Cymbidium eburneum Lindl.-The Ivory-Colored Cymbidium

 Cymbidium eburneum Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 33: t. 67 (1847).

Cymbidium eburneum Lindl.; Photo Chu Xuan Canh

Cymbidium eburneum Lindl.; Photos by Jungle Man

Vietnamese name: 

Bạch Ngọc, Bạch Ngọc Xuân. 

Chinise name: 

独占春 du zhan chun 

Common Name: 

The Ivory-Colored Cymbidium 

Latin Name: Cymbidium eburneum Lindl. 

Family: 

Orchidaceae

Synonym Name: 

Cymbidium eburneum var. longzhouense Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen

Cymbidium eburneum var. philbrickianum Rchb.f.

Cymbidium eburneum var. williamsianum Rchb.f.

Cymbidium syringodorum Griff.

Cyperorchis eburnea (Lindl.) Schltr.

Description: 

As a small to medium sized, sometimes grown in the ground, the bulbs are slightly flat, the leaves are 7-8 long and soft, and the flower cluster is 50-70 cm long. Cymbidium eburneum var. philbrickianum is white flowers, in the throat with yellow spots, there are only 3-4 flowers, but it is 8-12 cm in size, fragrant. Cymbidium eburneum var. longzhouense, flower tongue has a yellow streak and red spots, flowers 4-5 but smaller. 

Distribution: 

Found in Assam India, eastern Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, southern China and Vietnam. In VietNam, found in Lào Cai, Sa Pa, Tây Nguyên, Lâm Đồng.

Ecological: 

Rocks along valleys and in open forests; at elevations around 800-2000 m. 

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- efloras.org

- orchidspecies.com

- ipni.org