In Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 73 (1799)
Epidendrum aloifolium L. in Sp. Pl.: 953 (1753)
Limodorum aloifolium (L.) Roxb. in A.Beatson, Tracts St. Helena: 312 (1816)
Aerides borassii Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(1): n.° 8 (1818)
Cymbidium aloifolium f. album N.H.Tuan & V.T.Binh in OrchideenJ. 26: 39 (2019)
Cymbidium aloifolium f. flavescens N.H.Tuan & V.T.Binh in OrchideenJ. 26: 40 (2019)
Cymbidium erectum Wight in Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient.: t. 1753 (1851), nom. illeg.
Cymbidium intermedium H.G.Jones in Reinwardtia 9: 71 (1974)
Cymbidium pendulum (Roxb.) Sw. in Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 6: 73 (1799)
Cymbidium simulans Rolfe in Orchid Rev. 25: 175 (1917)
Epidendrum aloides Curtis in Bot. Mag. 11: t. 387 (1797)
Epidendrum pendulum Roxb. in Pl. Coromandel 1: 35 (1795)

Ecology Epiphytes on Ceryea arborea tree in semievergreen forest 

Pseudobulbs ovoid, bilaterally flattened, 3–5 × 2.5–4 cm, enclosed in leaf bases.

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Leaves linear-oblong, 18–25 cm long, curved, unequally cleft at tip. 

Inflorescence 20–25 cm long, curved, arising from within sheaths at base of pseudobulb, many flowered. 

Flowers yellowish with maroon-brown stripes, 3–3.5 cm across. 

Bracts minute, persistent, acute, 2–3 mm long. 

Sepals 18–20 × 1.8–2 mm, spreading, linear-oblong, subacute.

 
Petals 16–18 x 2–2.5 mm, apex obtuse to acute.

Lip 14–20 mm long, 3-lobed; lateral lobes, oblong–obtuse, maroon veined; midlobe broadly ovate, much recurved, yellow with maroon stripes, disc with 2 yellow calli.

 
Column 10 mm long, maroon, slightly yellow at top. Pollinia 2, waxy, yellow.

 
Capsules ovoid, 5–7 cm long, longitudinally and shallowly grooved.

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Flowering & Fruiting: May – December.