Cymbidium lowianum
Native from Assam in northeastern India to southern Yunnan in China and parts of mainland Southeast Asia, it grows on trees and rocks in forests and along valley cliffs. Its slightly flattened pseudobulbs carry long, strap-shaped leaves. Upright or arching flower stems bear ten to twenty or more unscented flowers. The apple-green to yellow-green sepals and petals have reddish-brown veins. A pale yellow or whitish lip has upright side lobes and a conspicuous V-shaped red to chestnut patch formed by dense, velvety hairs. The species holds the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Photographed in QuindĂo, Colombia.
