Thanks to Cymb Lady, or whoever it was!

[bil]

Originally Posted by Luizacft

Thanks, bil! I'm actually creating a wish list and I can't miss to have a Cymbidium on it! If I'm not mistaken, cymbs are cool growers? I need to reasearch!

Do you know, I have no idea? They were on sale here so I figured they should stand the heat (I'm a bit of a kamikaze gardener.)

Temps here top 110 F with no probs (42C) I just put them in the bright shade. Quite a few plants here just die from the heat, even if they are shaded, but these did ok.

What I have noticed is that when looking at temp requirements of other orchids, hybrid strains seem to be that bit tougher.

[silken]

Cyms seem to be fine with warm sunny days in summer, if they are well fed and watered. Its just that they need that good temperature drop in the fall to make them bloom. If kept in a house the whole time, they likely won't bloom.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Way to go Bil, nice blooms. I don't know whom advised you but Cym lady helped me re-pot mine this summer and I am forever grateful to her. Thanks.

I don't have any spikes yet, but mine has gone through some abuse this summer as my wind blew it over time and time again. Surprisingly it doesn't look to bad.

[bil]

Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

Way to go Bil, nice blooms. I don't know whom advised you but Cym lady helped me re-pot mine this summer and I am forever grateful to her. Thanks.

I don't have any spikes yet, but mine has gone through some abuse this summer as my wind blew it over time and time again. Surprisingly it doesn't look to bad.

That is a real bummer. Hope you get some spikes before too long.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Originally Posted by bil

That is a real bummer. Hope you get some spikes before too long.

Thanks Bil, I do to. It has very small things at the base but I think they may become new growths. That's OK to I'll take them. I left it outside until it was below 32 F at night. I am not sure if it is getting enough light now or not. It's an experiment to see if I can grow them as I got it free from my friend in Denver. I think it looks pretty good for blowing over and being re-potted about 14 times

[Cym Ladye]

I hope you did not leave your plant out too long. Cyms really do not want to go below 40F-45F if possible, although they will tolerate below freezing temps for very short periods of time. Whenever you have a choice, err on the side of keeping them above 45F.

There is a possibility that the 32F temps may have frozen the tips of the new spikes/growths, which are very tender when they first emerge. Cyms really only need to have night temps below 55F to encourage blooming but shorter days also help. This may even be an old wives tale as it has been proven that spikes initiate from the mature green bulb as early as June/July.

[bil]

Well, as well as the spikes that were saved thanks to Cym Ladye's advice, of the other 4, three now are showing spikes, so the greenhouse is getting to be very colourful.

[No-Pro-mwa]

Originally Posted by Cym Ladye

I hope you did not leave your plant out too long. Cyms really do not want to go below 40F-45F if possible, although they will tolerate below freezing temps for very short periods of time. Whenever you have a choice, err on the side of keeping them above 45F.

There is a possibility that the 32F temps may have frozen the tips of the new spikes/growths, which are very tender when they first emerge. Cyms really only need to have night temps below 55F to encourage blooming but shorter days also help. This may even be an old wives tale as it has been proven that spikes initiate from the mature green bulb as early as June/July.

Oop's I may have. I didn't mean to leave it out when it got below freezing but I got up one morning and it was in the 20's, I went out and got it right then. It was however under the porch and right up against the house. It was getting so warm during the day I was just trying to leave it out as long as I could. In my conditions it is still going to have a very long winter in the house. I think it looks surprisingly good.