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Orchid Species: Cymbidium insigne

Cymbidium insigne is an orchid species identified by Rolfe in 1904.
Genus
Cymbidium (Cym.)
Grex
insigne
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Rolfe
Year
1904
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ORIGIN: Found in Thailand, Vietnam and Hainan China in highland primary cloud forests in shallow, sandy soils among sandstone rocks often in the shade of low bushes at elevations of 1000 to 2600 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Large to giant sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial with ovoid, lightly bilaterally flattened pseudobulbs carrying 6 to 10, narrowly linear-elliptic, tapering to an acute apex leaves articulated to a broadly sheathing base, 2 to 6 [5 to 15 cm] from the pseudobulb that blooms in the fall through spring on a sheathed, erect, 3'4 to 4'8 [100 to 150 cm] tall, loosely several to many [to 27] flowered inflorescence and carrying, non-fragrant, close set flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 2.8 to 3 1/2 inches [7 to 9 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Origin
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Most awarded/recent cultivars: Cym. insigne ssp. seidenfadenii 'Harbinger' (2013) Cym. insigne 'Isar' (2011) Cym. insigne 'Best Pink' (2009) Cym. insigne 'Winter Rose' (1998) Cym. insigne 'Spring Rose' (1996) Cym. insigne 'Flamingo' (1995) Cym. insigne 'Pinky White Oaks' (1995) Cym. insigne 'New Wave' (1995) Cym. insigne var. alba 'Orchids Limited' (1994) Cym. insigne 'Memoria Blair Miller' (1992) Cym. insigne 'Album' (1977)
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