cymbidium

[ sim-bid-ee-uh m ]

/ sɪmˈbɪd i əm /

any of various orchids of the genus Cymbidium, native to Asia and Australia, having long clusters of numerous showy, variously colored flowers.

Origin of cymbidium

1799; < New Latin < Greek kýmb(ē) (see cymbiform) + -idion -idium

The only hybrids of Cymbidium known to me are eburneo-Lowianum and its converse, Lowiano-eburneum.

The Woodlands Orchids |Frederick Boyle
Cymbidium has been enriched by the hybridist, the section Cyperorchis being merged in true Cymbidium.

Orchids |James O'Brien
We have another house devoted mainly to Cymbidium, in which they have been planted out for some years, with results worth noting.

The Woodlands Orchids |Frederick Boyle
Among miscellaneous examples here is a handsome specimen of Cymbidium Devonianum, and a very remarkable hybrid of Catt.

The Woodlands Orchids |Frederick Boyle

The acquisitions in Botany consisted of some fine Cyrtandraceæ, a Cymbidium, and some ferns.

Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The |William Griffith

cymbidium

/ (sɪmˈbɪdɪəm) /

a genus, Cymbidium, of subtropical and tropical orchids native to Australia and Asia, having boat-shaped showy flowers

C19: from Latin cymba boat