Cymbidium macrorhizon
is a rootless/leafless saprophyte in the
orchid family; the plant body, which is nothing but a stem,
ordinarily lives underground, getting water and nutrients from some
fungus. As the flowering season (July-August) comes, it makes a
10-30cm flower stalk and sparsely sets 2-6 white-with-red-purple
pattern flowers on a shoot apex. The lip is long oblong, measuring
approximately 1.5cm long. The peduncle looks green but not due to
the chlorophyll pigments. Bloom time: July-August. |