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Big Root Cymbidium

Cymbidium macrorhizon

Big Root Cymbidium
Photo: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
N. Pakistan to E. India and Temp. E. Asia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cymbidium macrorhizon, sometimes known as the long rhizome cymbidium, is a species of orchid in the genus Cymbidium found in mostly tropical and some parts of temperate Asia.

Where it grows

The orchid has a mainly subtropical and tropical distribution and does extend into temperate areas. It is found from the Himalayas (Pakistan, India, Nepal, Himalayan China) through Indochina (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam) and East Asia (China, Ryukyu Islands of Japan, Korea, Taiwan).

Other Cymbidium plants

Aloe-leafed Cymbidium · Two-colored Cymbidium · Channelled boat-lip orchid · Green-flowered Cymbidium · Cymbidium cochleare · Day's Cymbidium · Ivory-colored Cymbidium · Cymbidium elegans · Fukien Orchid · Cymbidium erythraeum · Red Column Cymbidium · Cymbidium faberi

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cymbidium macrorhizon by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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