Cymbidium canaliculatum

Cymbidium canaliculatum R.Br.

Cymbidium leai; Cymbidium sparkesii; Cymbidium hillii

Native cymbidium

Robert Brown in Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holland. 331 (1810)

Widespread in the Kimberley region, Halls Creek, Broome, Kunanurra, growing as partial epiphytes on trees. Plants extend roots into the rotting heartwood of limbs and trunks where moisture is retained after rainfall. This habit enables the species to tolerate an array of habitats from semi-arid spinifex woodland to rainforest in the north-western Kimberley. The species is also found in the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.

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A stout orchid 300–500 mm high with persistent pseudobulbs 80–120 mm long by 30–40 mm wide , two to seven rigid, thickened, almost fleshy, grey-green, deeply channelled leaves 80–400 mm long by 10–30 mm wide and up to 50 deep brown-red to maroon, rarely apple green, fragrant flowers 25–50 mm across on pendulous scapes to 400 mm long

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