Cymbidium lowianum

Cymbidium lowianum, called Low's boat orchid, is a species of orchid in the genus Cymbidium, native to Assam in India, Yunnan in China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.^[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]

Cymbidium lowianum
Flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Cymbidium
Species:	C. lowianum
Binomial name
Cymbidium lowianum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Cymbidium hookerianum var. lowianum (Rchb.f.) Y.S.Wu & S.C.Chen Cymbidium iansonii Rolfe Cymbidium lowianum f. concolor (Rolfe) O.Gruss & M.Wolff Cymbidium lowianum var. concolor Rolfe Cymbidium lowianum var. iansonii (Rolfe) P.J.Cribb & Du Puy Cyperorchis iansonii (Rolfe) Schltr. Cyperorchis lowiana (Rchb.f.) Schltr.

Subtaxa

The following varieties are currently accepted:^[2]

• Cymbidium lowianum var. ailaoense X.M.Xu
• Cymbidium lowianum var. kalawense (Colyear) Govaerts
• Cymbidium lowianum var. lowianum