Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Cymbidium Sw. [432]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Orchidaceae

family_ja: ラン

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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.

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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.

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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: 2022-03-09 15:20

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