Orchidaceae
Cold-growing cymbidium
Cymbidium kanran
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cymbidium
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Common names
By language (5)
- arz
- سيمبيديوم كانران
- Chinese
- 寒兰, 寒蘭, 兰花, 兰花叶, 兰花根, 化气兰, 牛角三七, 蕙实
- English
- Cold-growing cymbidium
- Japanese
- カンラン, 寒蘭
- Korean
- 한란, 제주도의 한란
Synonyms
- Cymbidium kanran f. purpurascens Makino
- Cymbidium kanran f. viridescens Makino
- Cymbidium kanran var. aestivale Y.S.Wu
- Cymbidium kanran var. latifolium Makino
- Cymbidium kanran var. purpureohiemale (Hayata) S.S.Ying
- Cymbidium linearisepalum Yamam.
- Cymbidium linearisepalum f. atropurpureum Yamam.
- Cymbidium linearisepalum f. atrovirens Yamam.
- Cymbidium linearisepalum var. atropurpureum (Yamam.) Masam.
- Cymbidium linearisepalum var. atrovirens (Yamam.) Masam.
- Cymbidium nigrovenium Z.J.Liu & J.N.Zhang
- Cymbidium oreophilum Hayata
- Cymbidium purpureohiemale Hayata
- Cymbidium sinokanran T.C.Yen
- Cymbidium sinokanran var. atropurpureum T.C.Yen
- Cymbidium tosyaense Masam.
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Keisotyo assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Cold-growing cymbidium: 寒蘭大熊貓 Cymbidium kanran 'Big Panda' [香港花展 Hong Kong Flower Show]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD%E5%A4%A7%E7%86%8A%E8%B2%93_Cymbidium_kanran_%27Big_Panda%27_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Hong_Kong_Flower_Show-_%2817004923416%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD%E5%A4%A7%E7%86%8A%E8%B2%93_Cymbidium_kanran_%27Big_Panda%27_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%8A%B1%E5%B1%95_Hong_Kong_Flower_Show-_%2817004923416%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Cold-growing cymbidium: 寒蘭六瓣奇花 Cymbidium kanran 'Six-Petal Odd' [香港沙田國蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD%E5%85%AD%E7%93%A3%E5%A5%87%E8%8A%B1_Cymbidium_kanran_%27Six-Petal_Odd%27_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%2816516995838%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD%E5%85%AD%E7%93%A3%E5%A5%87%E8%8A%B1_Cymbidium_kanran_%27Six-Petal_Odd%27_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%2816516995838%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Cold-growing cymbidium: 寒蘭-素六番 Cymbidium kanran Odd-series [香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD-%E7%B4%A0%E5%85%AD%E7%95%AA_Cymbidium_kanran_Odd-series_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219874123%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD-%E7%B4%A0%E5%85%AD%E7%95%AA_Cymbidium_kanran_Odd-series_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219874123%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Cold-growing cymbidium: 寒蘭-桃腮素 Cymbidium kanran Plain-flower-series [香港北區花鳥蟲魚展 North District Flower Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD-%E6%A1%83%E8%85%AE%E7%B4%A0_Cymbidium_kanran_Plain-flower-series_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8C%97%E5%8D%80%E8%8A%B1%E9%B3%A5%E8%9F%B2%E9%AD%9A%E5%B1%95_North_District_Flower_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219874267%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD-%E6%A1%83%E8%85%AE%E7%B4%A0_Cymbidium_kanran_Plain-flower-series_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%8C%97%E5%8D%80%E8%8A%B1%E9%B3%A5%E8%9F%B2%E9%AD%9A%E5%B1%95_North_District_Flower_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219874267%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Cold-growing cymbidium: 寒蘭-奇花 Cymbidium kanran Odd-series [香港沙田國蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD-%E5%A5%87%E8%8A%B1_Cymbidium_kanran_Odd-series_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219874263%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD-%E5%A5%87%E8%8A%B1_Cymbidium_kanran_Odd-series_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%289219874263%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Cold-growing cymbidium: 寒蘭子母蘭 Cymbidium kanran 'Mother & Son' [香港沙田國蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD%E5%AD%90%E6%AF%8D%E8%98%AD_Cymbidium_kanran_%27Mother_%26_Son%27_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%2812303953545%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%AF%92%E8%98%AD%E5%AD%90%E6%AF%8D%E8%98%AD_Cymbidium_kanran_%27Mother_%26_Son%27_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E5%9C%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%2812303953545%29.jpg)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.