Cymbidiella Rhodochila need Help Please.

[Kseniya]

Hello. This time I need help with my Cymbidiella Rhodochila. I got it about 5 month ago from orchid seller, he told me it is a seedling and will bloom in a year or two. Plant was really wobbly like he just repotted it and bulbs dehydrated. So for 4 months it rehydrate old bulbs and stabilized in pot, today I was watering my orchids and found new something… Is it new growth or spike? What is the difference between them in Cymbidiella? This is first one for me, Please Help. She in the same lights as Cattleya and I water her with MSU orchid fertilizer formula weekly weakly. Thanks.

[Optimist]

That's a new off shoot. Cymbidiums have several plants(sympodial), not just one like a phal (monopodial). They put out at least one new plantlet like this per year, just like a cattleya or a dedrobium. Sometimes more than one. I think the older and stronger the plant, the more side shoots it gets. This is what turf grass people would call asexual reproduction.

Also, cymbidiums can take full sun, and most people keep them as outside plants, moving them to a sheltered area for the winter. They can stand winter weather to 27 degees F for flowers, and 25 for leaves. You can check on the needs of your kind. I do think in order to actually flower, they need that cold snap, just like some oncidiums.

[WhiteRabbit]

According to IOSPE Cymbidiella rhodochila IOSPE PHOTOS - Catt light sounds about right. Cool - warm growing, but other sites state intermediate to warm growing, so I wouldn't push it on low temps

I don't grow this genus, so can't say what your new sprout is ... Hopefully some others can help!

[Kseniya]

Originally Posted by WhiteRabbit

According to IOSPE Cymbidiella rhodochila IOSPE PHOTOS - Catt light sounds about right. Cool - warm growing, but other sites state intermediate to warm growing, so I wouldn't push it on low temps

I don't grow this genus, so can't say what your new sprout is ... Hopefully some others can help!

Thank you!

---------- Post added at 06:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:50 PM ----------

Originally Posted by Optimist

That's a new off shoot. Cymbidiums have several plants(sympodial), not just one like a phal (monopodial). They put out at least one new plantlet like this per year, just like a cattleya or a dedrobium. Sometimes more than one. I think the older and stronger the plant, the more side shoots it gets. This is what turf grass people would call asexual reproduction.

Also, cymbidiums can take full sun, and most people keep them as outside plants, moving them to a sheltered area for the winter. They can stand winter weather to 27 degees F for flowers, and 25 for leaves. You can check on the needs of your kind. I do think in order to actually flower, they need that cold snap, just like some oncidiums.

Thank you