• Scientific Name: Cymbidium lancifolium Hook.
• Ref: Exot. Fl. 1:t.51. 1823
• Synonyms:
  • Cymbidiopsis lancifolia (Hook.) H.J.Chowdhery
  • Cymbidium aspidistrifolium Fukuy.
  • C. caulescens Ridl.
  • C. cuspidatum Blume
  • C. gibsonii Lindl. & Paxton
  • C. javanicum Blume
  • C. kerrii Rolfe ex Downie
  • C. maclehoseae S.Y.Hu
  • C. multiradicatum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen
  • C. nagifolium Masam.
  • C. papuanum Schltr.
  • C. rhizomatosum Z.J.Liu & S.C.Chen
  • C. syunitianum Fukuy.
• English Common Name: lance-leafed cymbidium, green-flowered peacock orchid
• Chinese Common Name: 兔耳兰 tù’ěr∙lán
• Japanese Common Name: ナギラン [梛蘭] nagiran
• Family: Orchidaceae
• Genus: Cymbidium
• Distribution: Open forests, bamboo forests, forest margins, broad-leaved forests, humus-rich rocks along valleys; 300-2200 m. N Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, S Hunan, S Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, Yunnan, S Zhejiang [Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, Vietnam].
• Photo: 05/24/2019, Hangzhou Botanical Garden, Zhejiang

Plants lithophytic or terrestrial, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs usually somewhat tufted, cylindric to narrowly fusiform, usually tapering toward apex, slightly bilaterally flattened, 2-7(-15) × 0.5-1(-1.5) cm, several noded, naked. Leaves 2-4, borne at apex of pseudobulbs, oblanceolate-oblong to narrowly elliptic, 6-17(-25) × 1.9-4(-6) cm, base contracted into a petiole-like stalk, apical margin finely toothed, apex acuminate; petiole-like stalk 3-18 cm, articulate. Inflorescence lateral, arising from an intermediate node of pseudobulb, erect, 8-20 cm or longer; rachis (1 or)2-6-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, 10-15 mm. Flowers usually not scented, 2-2.5 cm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 20-25 mm; sepals and petals white or pale green, midvein sometimes purplish brown; lip white or pale green with purplish brown markings. Sepals oblanceolate-oblong, 22-27(-30) × 5-7 mm, apex acute. Petals suboblong, 15-23 × 5-7 mm, apex acute; lip ovate-oblong, 15-20 mm, not fused to basal margins of column, obscurely 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect and loosely clasping column; mid-lobe recurved, broadly ovate, 6-11 × 6-12 mm; disk with 2 longitudinal lamellae extending from base of lip to base of mid-lobe; lamellae convergent toward their apices and forming a short tube. Column ca. 15 mm; pollinia 4, in 2 pairs. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 50 × 15 mm. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Oct-Dec. 2n = 38*, 39, 40, 42.(Flora of China)