Cymbidium lancifolium

Cymbidium lancifolium Hook., Exot. Fl. 1: t. 51 1823. (syn: Cymbidiopsis lancifolia (Hook.) H.J.Chowdhery; Cymbidium aspidistrifolium Fukuy.; Cymbidium bambusifolium Fowlie, F.Mark & F.S.Ho [Illegitimate]; Cymbidium caulescens Ridl.; Cymbidium cuspidatum Blume; Cymbidium gibsonii Lindl. & Paxton; Cymbidium javanicum Blume; Cymbidium javanicum var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) F.Maek.; Cymbidium javanicum var. pantlingii F.Maek.; Cymbidium kerrii Rolfe ex Downie; Cymbidium lancifolium f. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) T.P.Lin; Cymbidium lancifolium var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying; Cymbidium lancifolium var. papuanum (Schltr.) S.S.Ying; Cymbidium lancifolium var. syunitianum (Fukuy.) S.S.Ying; Cymbidium longifolium var. aspidistrifolium (Fukuy.) S.S. Ying; Cymbidium maclehoseae S.Y.Hu; Cymbidium nagifolium Masam.; Cymbidium papuanum Schltr.; Cymbidium syunitianum Fukuy.);

Tropical & Subtropical Asia as per POWO;

Assam; Bangladesh; Borneo; Cambodia; China South-Central; China Southeast; East Himalaya; Hainan; Japan; Jawa; Korea; Laos; Malaya; Maluku; Myanmar; Nansei-shoto; Nepal; New Guinea; Sulawesi; Sumatera; Taiwan; Thailand; Tibet; Vietnam; West Himalaya as per Catalogue of Life;

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Epiphytic herbs; up to 30 cm long; pseudobulbs fusiform, ca. 5-8 cm long, covered with scarious sheaths and fibres. Leaves simple, alternate; petioles ca. 2-10 cm long, articulate; lamina ca. 8-15 x 2-3 cm, oblong-lanceolate, contracted into a petiole-like stalk at base, acuminate at apex, apical margin finely toothed. Inflorescence lateral, arising from an intermediate node of pseudobulb, erect, 8-20 cm or longer; rachis 2-6-flowered; floral bracts lanceolate, ca. 1-1.5 cm; Flowers 2-2.5 cm in diam.; pedicel and ovary 2-2.5 cm; sepals and petals white or pale green, midvein sometimes purplish brown; lip white or pale green with purplish brown markings; sepals oblanceolate-oblong, 2.2-2.7 × 0.5-0.7 cm, apex acute; petals sub-oblong, 1.5-2.3 × 0.5-0.7 cm, apex acute; lip ovate-oblong, 1.5-2 cm, obscurely 3-lobed; lateral lobes erect and loosely clasping column; mid-lobe recurved, broadly ovate, 0.6-1.1 × 0.6-1.2 cm; disk with 2 longitudinal lamellae extending from base of lip to base of mid-lobe; lamellae convergent toward their apices and forming a short tube; column ca. 1.5 cm; pollinia 4, in 2 pairs. Capsule ca. 5 × 1.5 cm, narrowly ellipsoid.

(Attributions- French Institute of Pondicherry as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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Cymbidium lancifolium Hook. : 13 posts by 3 authors. 8 images- 6 to 7 mb each.

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Cymbidium lancifolium Hook.: 6 very high res. images.
Location: Kathmandu, Central Nepal
Altitude: 1400 m.
Date : 30 May 2021
Habitat : Collected from wild

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Yes flowering here in HK too. Cymbidium lancifolium..

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References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  WCSP  IPNI GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China  FOC illustration  FOC illustration 2  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Biodiversity Portal  Wikimedia Commons  IOSPE PHOTOS  Orchid Society of Karnataka  Fandom