Cymbidium Species
Stephen Early

      

Cymbidium eburneum

This single flowered or occasionally 2 or 3 flowered species has been used a lot in hybrids.  Although having very few flowers this species still attracts attention.  The scape is between 25 and 36 cm with large 8 - 12 cm white or faintly pink flowers with a sweet lilac scent.

Culture

We grow and flower this species under shadecloth in Melbourne.  It flowers in September - October for us.

Habitat

On trees in warm, damp forest, in shade.

Distribution

N India (Sikkim, Assam, Khasia, Hills), Nepal, N Burma, China (S Yunnan)  300 - 1700m

Synonyms

C. syringodorum, C. eburneum var. dayi, C. eburneum var. williamsianum, C. eburneum var. philbrickianum, Cyperorchis eburnea

Primary Hybrids

eburneum x ensifolium = Pakkret Oracle
eburneum x erythrostylum = Niveum
eburneum x grandiflorum (hookerianum) =
Holfordianum
eburneum x insigne
= Gottianum
eburneum x insigne =
Eburneo-insigne
eburneum x irioides = Eburneo-giganteum
eburneum x lowianum =
Eburneo-lowianum
eburneum x lowianum = Armainvilliense
eburneum x lowianum =
Veitchii
eburneum x mastersii =
Ballianum
eburneum x mastersii =
ballianum
eburneum x parishii (sanderae) =
Tussock
eburneum x roseum
= Juno
eburneum x sanderae =
Steve Shifflett
eburneum x sinense =
Zhan Chun Hui
eburneum x suave =
Kevin Ragen
eburneum x tracyanum =
Wiganianum
devonianum x eburneum = Jean Brummitt
goeringii x eburneum = Oriental Elf
gyokuchin x eburneum = Oriental Summer
pumilum (floribundum) x eburneum = Naganeb
tigrinum x eburneum = Rachel Seth

 

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