Cymbidium faberi Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1896: 198. 1896.

 蕙兰 hui lan 

 Cymbidium cerinum Schlechter; C. faberi f. viridiflorum S. S. Ying; C. fukienense T. K. Yen; C. oiwakense Hayata; C. scabroserrulatum Makino; Eulophia yunnanensis Rolfe; Semiphajus evrardii Gagnepain. 

 Plants terrestrial, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs inconspicuous. Leaves 4–8, suberect, 25–80 × 0.7–1.2 cm, with transparent veins, conduplicate at base, not articulate, margin sharply serrate. Inflorescence arising from axil of uppermost leaf, suberect or slightly curved, 35–50(–80) cm; peduncle with many long sheaths; rachis 5–11- or more flowered; floral bracts linearlanceolate, usually 10–20 × 2–5 mm, ca. 1/2 as long as ovary. Flowers usually very fragrant; pedicel and ovary 20–26 mm; sepals and petals pale yellowish green; lip pale yellowish green with purplish red patches. Sepals sublanceolate-oblong or narrowly obovate, 25–35 × 6–8 mm, apex acute. Petals oblongovate, 22–30 × 7–9 mm, apex acute; lip oblong-ovate, 20–25 mm, not fused to basal margins of column, 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect; mid-lobe strongly recurved, ligulate, 12–16 × 5–10 mm, margin usually crisped; disk papillate or puberulent, with 2 longitudinal lamellae extending from base of lip to base of midlobe; lamellae convergent toward their apices and forming a short tube. Column slightly arcuate, 12–16 mm, narrowly winged; pollinia 4, in 2 pairs, broadly ovoid. Capsule narrowly subellipsoid, 50–55 × ca. 20 mm. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Jul–Sep. 2n = 40, 42*, 43, 44. Damp but well-drained slopes, open shrubby places; 700–3000 m. Anhui, N Fujian, S Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, S Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, E Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [N India, Nepal].