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 erythrostylum = Niveum
eburneum x irioides = Eburneo-giganteum
eburneum x grandiflorum (hookerianum) = Holfordianum
eburneum x insigne = Gottianum
eburneum x insigne = Eburneo-insigne
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 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
(Photographs by S W Early & B Klein)
