Cymbidium goeringii

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The Noble Orchid (Cymbidium goeringii) is a cold hardy evergreen Orchid.^[1] It is a dwarf plant that blooms in the spring.^[2] Its petals are green, yellow-green or brown. It has pseudobulbs found below ground.^[2] The leaves are long and grass-like with serrated edges.^[2] It is found growing as far north as Okushiri Island (42 degrees north latitude).^[1] It can stand freezing temperatures over the winter months.^[1] It has been grown in China for over 2500 years,^[2] dating back before the time of Confucius.^[3] In Japan it has been cultivated for several hundred years. In Europe the earliest records date it to 1780.^[3]

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↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Cymbidium goeringii, a cold hardy terrestrial orchid from east Asia". Botany Boy Plant Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 I F La Croix; Manuel Aubron, The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation (Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2008), p. 130
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Cymbidiums - Cool Climate Beauties". American Orchid Society. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

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[BBPE-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Cymbidium goeringii, a cold hardy terrestrial orchid from east Asia". Botany Boy Plant Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

[Croix130-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 I F La Croix; Manuel Aubron, The New Encyclopedia of Orchids: 1500 Species in Cultivation (Portland, OR: Timber Press, 2008), p. 130

[CCCB-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Cymbidiums - Cool Climate Beauties". American Orchid Society. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

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