Cymbidium Peter Pan

[Cym Ladye]

Jerry,

Although your Cymbidium is a lovely color, I do not believe it is Cym. Peter Pan. Peter Pan as registered, (ensifolium x Miretta), is a product of two green parents. I see little to no characteristics of the Peter Pan generally seen, which is a fuller green, fragrant and blooms very early in the fall. This may be a Peter Pan hybrid, but........ doubtful. It is possible it could be a remake but it would have to have been made with an intensly dark red Cym. ensifolium to get your color. I have not seen such a clone. The blooming in late winter suggests to me a Cym. sinense hybrid.

Enjoy it for what it is....a very pretty flower.

CL

[Leisurely]

You are not called Cymbidium Lady for nothing. I am certainly not going to disagree with you, knowing the history of this plant.

I purchased it from a small, local independent nursery about three years ago. The owner told me that it was a division of a plant that his father had for many years. His father received the plant as a gift and it is very likely that it could have been incorrectly named.

Thanks for the input because correct naming is very important to me.

[camille1585]

Cym ladye is right, it's not Peter Pan. I just looked at pics of it on Orchidwiz, and it has greenish yellow blooms. But there are Peter Pan hybrids that have the same color as this one.

[Leisurely]

I think I will do as someone suggested on another thread about an unidentified Cattleya and give it a new tag that says: Looks like a Peter Pan hybrid which is a sort of compromise.