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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Only ever has one or two flowers (rarely three). Flowers last 3-4 weeks.
Flower Color: White
Other: Lip has large yellow patch and sometimes a few faint red spots.
Bloom Size: 4"-5"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Seeds require a specialised medium, as they do not contain their own food source.
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Bulbs
Containers: Needs repotting every 2 to 3 years
Needs excellent drainage in pots

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Common names
  • Ivory-Colored Cymbidium
  • Orchid

Photo Gallery

A 4N seedling derived from 'Coburg'. Courtesy of Andy Easton, New
Location: Cymbidium Orchid Society of Victoria meeting, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date: 2017-11-14
The Indian form of the species with a single, large bloom. Unfort
Comments:
  • Posted by Australis (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Zone 10a) on Aug 25, 2019 2:37 AM concerning plant:
    This species has two forms - the Indian form, which only ever has one or two flowers, and the Vietnamese/Chinese form, which can have three. The latter form is often confused with the natural hybrid between eburneum and mastersii - Orchid (Cymbidium x ballianum) - due to its flower shape being more rectangular (like ballianum) and a little smaller than the Indian form of the species. Any 4+ flowered so-called eburneum will be ballianum.

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