Cymbidium angustifolia

Scientific name: Pleionebulbocodioides

Alias: one leaf orchid

Family and genus: perennial herbs of Orchidaceae

Morphological features:

When garlic orchid blossoms, a leaf grows next to the flower, so it is also called one-leaf orchid, and the name comes from its false bulb shaped like garlic.

Terrestrial or epiphytic; pseudobulbs ovoid or paniculate, 2 cm ~ 3 cm long, flowering from April to June; erect inflorescences 15 cm ~ 25 cm high, flowers usually simple, lavender or pink, with many dark purplish red spots on labellum.

This kind of orchid plant is short, pseudo-bulbous peach ovate or long-necked bottle-shaped, spring leaves appear together with flowers, or blossom first and then leaves on both sides or one side of the flower stalk, there are one-leaf cymbidium and orchid and other varieties, falling leaves in autumn and winter, and the remaining false bulbs flowered the following spring. The flowers are rose red, purple, yellow, white and other colors. Each is about the size of the thumb, extremely bright, lips dark, fluffy, leaves about 12 cm high, thick paper, crepe, and some yellow or white thread.

Distribution:

Distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and the south of China, under the broad-leaved forest above 900 meters above sea level.

This is a kind of terrestrial orchid, which is found in the deep mountains of the provinces south of the Yangtze River basin, especially in Yunnan.

Growth habits:

Like a warm, humid and semi-overcast environment.

Planted in peat, moss or humus in shallow pots, the rhizosphere should be well ventilated and drained. It gradually went into dormancy in autumn, and the basin soil remained dry after the leaves dried up until it began to germinate in the following spring.

Purpose:

Garlic head is suitable to be planted into miniature bonsai for desk and ornament for indoor flowers.

The false bulb of garlic orchid, that is, its "garlic head" or a medicinal herb, has the effect of detoxification.

Common species: White flower garlic orchid, yellow flower garlic orchid, Taiwan garlic orchid, Sichuan garlic orchid and so on.

Cymbidium should be regarded as an orchid native to China. There are about 16 species in the genus Cymbidium, of which 15 are distributed in China. In China, traces of Cymbidium can be found from Taiwan to Xizang.

Although the hometown of Dulan is in China and some surrounding countries, it is also very popular in Europe and the United States. It is probably because westerners first found it in Nepal, and its flowers are more or less like saffron, so in English, it is called "Nepal saffron (Napalesecrocuses)"; in English, it is also called "window-sillorchids", probably because it is easy to grow and is often placed on the windowsill of ordinary people's homes. In addition, there are other names such as "Peacock Orchid (PeacockOrchid)".

In the West, there are many "enthusiasts" who grow Cymbidium, and they collect a large number of varieties of Cymbidium. The famous Cherxi Flower Show in Britain has awarded outstanding varieties of Cymbidium. Recently, scholars in Kew Garden, the Royal Botanical Garden, have published a special monograph on Cymbidium. It can be seen that this kind of oriental orchid has a considerable influence in the West.