Cymbidium tigrinum

 Cymbidium tigrinum Parish ex Hook., Bot. Mag. 90: t. 5457 (1864).

Cymbidium tigrinum Parish ex Hook., Photo by Sylvain Couto Sousa

its native range is Assam (Nagaland) to China (W. Yunnan).

Latin Name: 

Cymbidium tigrinum Parish ex Hook.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Cyperorchis tigrina (C.S.P.Parish ex Hook.) Schltr..

English Name:

Tiger Striped Cymbidium - In China Ban She Lan.

Description: 

With ovoid to ovoid-conical pseudobulbs and carrying 3 to 5, coriaceous, recurved, narrowly elliptic to oblong-lanceolate leaves with a short petiole that blooms in the spring to mid-summer on an erect, slender, 12 to 23 cm long, basal, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence that is longer than the leavves and has lanceolate floral bracts that are shorter than the ovaries and fragrant (honey) flowers.

Distribution:

Assam, China South-Central, Myanmar, Thailand, Tibet.

Ecological:

As a miniature sized, cool to cold growing lithophyte on rocks at elevations of 1000 to 2700 m.

Flowering times:

Bloome  in the spring to mid-summer.

Flower size:

10.0 mm

Cultivation:

I grow it in a terrestrial mix. Summers are warm with lots of water and somewhat shaded. Winters are cool to cold with a significantly drier schedule. They do need occasional watering during the winter, but if you water too much during the late winter the forming spikes will damp off.

Typus:

Parish, C.S. [144], Myanmar K000838828 holotype

Parish, C.S. [144], Myanmar K000838830 holotype

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/625206-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:625206-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/cymtigrinum.htm.

- http://marniturkel.com/mostlyspecies/f.cym.tig.460.html