Cymbidium kanran Makino, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 10. 1902.
寒兰 han lan
Cymbidium kanran var. aestivale Y. S. Wu; C. kanran var. purpureohiemale (Hayata) S. S. Ying; C. linearisepalum Yamamoto; C. linearisepalum f. atropurpureum Yamamoto; C. linearisepalum var. atropurpureum (Yamamoto) Masamune; C. linearisepalum f. atrovirens Yamamoto; C. linearisepalum var. atrovirens (Yamamoto) Masamune; C. misericors Hayata var. oreophilum (Hayata) Hayata; C. nigrovenium Z. J. Liu & J. N. Zhang; C. oreophilum Hayata; C. purpureohiemale Hayata; C. sinokanran T. K. Yen; C. sinokanran var. atropurpureum T. K. Yen; C. tosyaense Masamune.
Forests, streamsides, shaded places, moist and rocky slopes; 400– 2400 m. Anhui, N Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, SE Xizang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [S Japan, S Korea]. Cymbidium ×nishiuchianum Makino ex J. M. H. Shaw (Orchid Rev. 110: 13. 2002) was recently described as a hybrid of C. goeringii and C. kanran. | ||
Plants terrestrial, autotrophic. Pseudobulbs narrowly ovoid, 2–4 × 1–1.5 cm, enclosed in leaf bases. | ||
Leaves 3–5(–7), deep green, lorate, 40–70 × 0.9–1.7 cm, thinly leathery, articulate 4– 5 cm from base, apical margin often finely toothed. | ||
Inflorescence arising from base of pseudobulb, erect, 25–60(–80) cm; rachis laxly 5–12-flowered; floral bracts narrowly lanceolate, mostly 15–26 × 1–2 mm, though basal one to 40 mm. Flowers usually strongly fragrant, variable in color; pedicel and ovary 20–25(–30) mm; sepals and petals pale yellowish green with purplish red striations; lip yellowish, mottled purplish red. Sepals sublinear or linear-lanceolate, 30–50 × 3.5–5(–7) mm, apex acuminate. Petals narrowly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 20–30 × 5–10 mm; lip subovate, 20–30 mm, not fused to basal margins of column, obscurely 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect, loosely clasping column; mid-lobe recurved, oblong-ovate, 11–16 × 8– 12 mm, margin slightly incised; disk minutely papillate-pubescent, with 2 longitudinal lamellae extending from base of lip to base of mid-lobe; lamellae convergent toward apices and forming a short tube. Column slightly arcuate, 10–17 mm, narrowly winged; pollinia 4, in 2 pairs, broadly ovoid. Capsule narrowly ellipsoid, ca. 45 × 18 mm. Fl. Aug–Dec, fr. Feb–Apr. 2n = 40, 41. | ||