Details of Genus: Cymbidium Sw. [432]
Genus ja: シュンラン
Genus en:
# spp.: 90 (from genus_families table) | 3 (from names table)
Pub year: 1799
Accepted: Accepted
Family: Orchidaceae
Family ja: ラン
Infra familial classification: Subfamily Epidendroideae: Tribe Cymbidieae: Subtribe Cymbidiinae
Distribution en: Asia to Australia
Description en: Genus of about 50 species of evergreen, epiphytic, lithophytic, or terrestrial orchids from temperate and tropical areas in India, China, Japan, S.E. Asia, and Australia. They have spherical to ovoid pseudobulbs and 8-10 long, narrowly oval to linear leaves. Flowers are borne in long or short racemes from the bases, mainly in spring. Hundreds of winter- or spring-flowering hybrids have been produced. Grow as houseplants or in a cool or temperate greenhouse; in Mediterranean climates, they may also be grown in a lath house. Contact with the foliage may aggravate skin allergies.
Hardiness en: Frost hardy to frost tender.
Cultivation en:
Propagation en: Divide in early and mid-spring when pot-bound, or remove backbulbs and pot up after flowering.
Pests en: Red spider mites, aphids, whiteflies, and mealybugs may prove troublesome.
Description ja:
Comment:
Comment ja: シュンラン，カンラン，スルガラン，キンリョウヘン
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Update information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2026-01-10 20:18 by hkokubun@mac.com
Family:
| System | Accepted? | Botanical name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
| APG4 | Accepted | Orchidaceae | ラン科 | Subfamily Epidendroideae: Tribe Cymbidieae: Subtribe Cymbidiinae | 90 | Show |
| PB2 | Orchidaceae | ラン科 | Subfamily Epidendroideae | Show | ||
| PB3 | Orchidaceae | ラン科 | Subfamily Epidendroideae | Show |