Cymbidium ensifolium

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Four-season orchid
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Cymbidieae
Subtribe: Cyrtopodiinae
Alliance: Cymbidium
Genus: Cymbidium
Species: C. ensifolium
Binomial name
Cymbidium ensifolium
(L.) Sw.
Subspecies
  • Cymbidium ensifolium ssp. ensifolium - Mt. Tu-Wu Fall Orchid
  • Cymbidium ensifolium ssp. haematodes
Synonyms
  • Epidendrum ensifolium L. (1753) (Basionym)
  • Jensoa ensata Raf. (1838)

The four-season orchid (Cymbidium ensifolium) is a species of orchid, also known as the golden-thread orchid, spring orchid, burned-apex orchid and rock orchid.


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