The traditional Cymbidium grows in the mountainous area. The villagers in the mountainous area usually call it Gaolan, Dalan, Niulan, Shanglan, etc.
Cymbidium has slightly different leaf shape and flower quality. It can be divided into Beijing Cymbidium, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Cymbidium, Anhui Cymbidium, Hubei Cymbidium, Yunnan Cymbidium, Guizhou Cymbidium, South Shanghai Cymbidium, Guangzhou Cymbidium, etc.
The common cultivated species are: monopolistic, cicada orchid, Jasper orchid, Tibetan tiger head orchid and a large number of hybrid varieties. The original commercial cultivars of Cymbidium are mainly from Japan and South Korea. At present, the main popular varieties are as follows: pink series: "imperial concubine", "pink Monroe", "Nanxi", "dreamlike" green series: "Jasper", "phantom" (fragrance), "waltz" (fragrance), "jade Zen" (Zen).
Yellow series: "sunset" (fragrance), "Moon", "UFO"
White series: "glacier" (hanging), "dawn"
Traditionally, Cymbidium is divided into red shell, green shell, red green shell, white green shell and so on according to the color of flower stem and sheath; in flower type, Cymbidium is also divided into lotus petal, plum petal and Narcissus petal, etc. the main varieties are: best, jin'aosu, Wenzhou element, jiepeimei, old Shanghai Mei, cuicalyx, Da Yipin, Jiangnan new best, etc.
There are eight traditional famous products of Huilan: Da Yipin, Cheng Mei, Shanghai Mei, Guan Ding, Yuan Zi, ran Zi, pan Lu, Dang Zi.
There are eight traditional new species: loumei, cuicalyx, Jipin, Qinghua Mei, Jiangnan New Jipin, duanmei, Cuimei and Rongmei.
Tianjiao peony, four happiness peony, green cloud peony, far east butterfly, Lu Yiqi butterfly, loutai butterfly, yingdie, step by step, a collection of elites, Xianhe masterpieces, Jianhu beauty, Quanzhou plum, cuitao xianshou, shidie, Lingnan white crane, Jinling, Huilan crystal flower, Rhododendron, yuewangmei, juhuasu, Duoyun, Zhejiang top, duanhuimei, duanxiumei, Diecui, Chunhui thousand hand Guanyin, etc.