Cymbidium kanran

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|name = Cold-growing cymbidium

|image = Cymbidium kanran kanran siratae.jpg

|genus = Cymbidium

|species = kanran

|authority = Makino (1902)

|synonyms =

• Cymbidium kanran f. purpurascens Makino (1902)
• Cymbidium oreophilum Hayata (1914)
• Cymbidium purpureohiemale Hayata (1914)
• Cymbidium linearisepalum Yamam. (1930)
• Cymbidium linearisepalum f. atropurpureum Yamam. (1932)
• Cymbidium tosyaense Masam. (1935)
• Cymbidium sinokanran Yen (1964)
• Cymbidium kanran var. purpureohiemale (Hayata) S.S. Ying (1977)

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Cymbidium kanran, the cold-growing cymbidium, is a species of orchid. The species was first described by Makino in 1902 and was first domesticated over 2,500 years ago.{{cite journal |last1=Zhou |first1=Zhuang |last2=Ying |first2=Zhen |last3=Wu |first3=Zhigang |last4=Yang |first4=Yanping |last5=Fu |first5=Shuangbin |last6=Xu |first6=Wan |last7=Yao |first7=Lijuan |last8=Zeng |first8=Aiping |last9=Huang |first9=Jian |last10=Lan |first10=Siren |last11=Wang |first11=Xiaole |last12=Liu |first12=Zhongjian |title=Anthocyanin Genes Involved in the Flower Coloration Mechanisms of Cymbidium kanran |journal=Frontiers in Plant Science |date=12 October 2021 |volume=12 |pages=737–815 |doi=10.3389/fpls.2021.737815|pmid=34712257 |pmc=8545884 |doi-access=free }}