Species Information - Cymbidium ensifolium subsp. haematodes

Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw. subsp. haematodes (Lindl.) Du Puy & P.J.Cribb ex Govaerts, World Checklist Seed Plants 3, 1 (1999) 20

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Synonyms:

• Cymbidium haematodes Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. (1833) 162
  - Type: Macrae 12 (Ceylon) (holo K)
• Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw. subsp. haematodes (Lindl.) Du Puy & P.J.Cribb, Genus Cymbidium (1988) 161 (invalid: basionym not stated)
• Cymbidium sundaicum Schltr. var. estriata Schltr., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 4 (1919) 266 (nom. nov.)
  - Type: Bogor cult. s.n. (Java?)
• Cymbidium siamense Rolfe ex Downie, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1925) 382
  - Type: Kerr 242 (Doi Suthep, Thailand) (holo K) (reduced by Du Puy & Cribb 1988)
• Cymbidium acuminatum M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones, Lasianthera 1 (1996) 28, fig. 7, pl. 7B
  - Type: Canberra Nat. Bot. Garden cult. (Clements) (holo CANB)

Basionym: Cymbidium haematodes

Terrestrial. Rhizome very short, roots to 0.6 cm diam. Pseudobulbs crowded, 3-4-leaved, indistinct, hidden by the sheaths. Leaf sheaths to 6.5 cm long, 5-ribbed. Leaves strap-shaped, erect to slightly recurved, 30-100 by 1-2.8 cm, coriaceous, margins finely serrate, apex acute, apiculate. Inflorescences arising from the base of the shoot, racemose, erect, 25-70 cm long, 2-7-flowered. Floral bracts lanceolate-triangular, 0.9 cm long. Pedicel and ovary 1.7 cm long, obtusely triangular in cross-section. Flowers resupinated, c. 3.5-4 cm across. Dorsal sepal lanceolate, 2.2-2.5 by 0.5-0.55 cm, concave, apex acute. Lateral sepals obliquely lanceolate, 2.2-2.5 by 0.5-0.55 cm, concave, apex acute. Petals porrect, lanceolate, 1.8-2 by 0.5-0.75 cm, apex acute. Lip 3-lobed near the middle, 1.6-2 by 1.2 cm when flattened, with two longitudinal keels, touching each other, forming a tunnel, extending to the base of the mid-lobe; lateral lobes broad, shortly rounded, front margin somewhat undulate; mid-lobe ovate, recurved at the apex, acute. Column slender, curved; column-foot very short. Anther cupular, obtuse. Pollinia 2, deeply slit, stipe very short, on both sides caudiculate. Fruit erect, triangular. (After Reeve, 1984, and Smith, 1905, as Cymbidium ensifolium (L.) Sw.).

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