Cymbidium floribundum

Yellow margin 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. floribundum
Binomial name
	Cymbidium floribundum; Lindl. (1833)
Synonyms
	Cymbidium pumilum Rolfe (1907); Cymbidium pumilum f. virescens Makino (1912); Cymbidium illiberale Hayata (1914); Cymbidium floribundum var. pumilum (Rolfe) Y.S. Wu & S.C. Chen (1980);

The yellow margin orchid (Cymbidium floribundum) is a species of orchid, also known as the golden leaf-edge orchid or golden-edged orchid.

3-Hydroxyoctanoic acid is a signalling chemical emitted by C. floribundum and recognized by Japanese honeybees (Apis cerana japonica).^[1]

References

^ Sugahara, M; Izutsu, K; Nishimura, Y; Sakamoto, F (2013). "Oriental orchid (Cymbidium floribundum) attracts the Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) with a mixture of 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid and 10-hydroxy- (E)-2-decenoic acid". Zoological Science. 30 (2): 99–104. doi:10.2108/zsj.30.99. PMID 23387843.

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[1] Sugahara, M; Izutsu, K; Nishimura, Y; Sakamoto, F (2013). "Oriental orchid (Cymbidium floribundum) attracts the Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica) with a mixture of 3-hydroxyoctanoic acid and 10-hydroxy- (E)-2-decenoic acid". Zoological Science. 30 (2): 99–104. doi:10.2108/zsj.30.99. PMID 23387843.

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