| Cymbidium bicolor photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 164 1833 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Cymbidiinae | |
| genus | Cymbidium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 42 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | forests, on large branches or trunks of trees in India (Samalbong-Sinjee, Suruk Busty, Kalimpong), Sri Lanka (Adams Peak), Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam (Nghe An), Malaysia (Borneo, Melalop Hills), The Philippines (Palawan) |
| altitude | 0 - 1600 m (0 - 5280 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ratnapura (Adam National Park, Sri Lanka) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ratnapura this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 26 m' to 11 h 34 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 cm (7.2"), basal, pendant |
| nr flowers | 14 - 18, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") - inflorescence 15 L 5 cm (6" L 2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
