Talk:Cymbidium

Cymbidiums also grow in the 6000 foot mountain ranges of Mexico, near Veracruz. For information on these cymbidiums, contact Weyman Bussey via http://www.abundaflora.com. there're a kind of Orchid flower =) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.185.47 (talk) 21:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

first described in 1799
What does 'It was first described by Olof Swartz in 1799' mean with regards to something that has been 'cultivated for thousands of years'?--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 22:24, 16 October 2008 (UTC)

The phrase 'first described' means that the first taxonomic description was published in the scientific literature on that date. Bebofpenge (talk) 02:51, 17 November 2009 (UTC)