Warm and Hot Cymbidiums - a reference

[Keysguy]

SP---- go check out that Cym finlaysonianum I posted pics of a couple weeks ago. That's a warm grower AND bloomer as I've now proved.

[SouthPark]

KG ! Thanks very much for that recommendation! Beautiful colouring. I'm definitely a fan of yellowy/chartreuse! The reddish lip is great. I'll see if we have some in Australia!
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UPDATE : Just checked! It definitely is here in Australia!

[DirtyCoconuts]

Nice. That plant is a beast and it was part of my inspiration to explore this genus

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by SouthPark

I personally don't mind if my cymbidiums in the tropics don't flower. I'm new to cymbidiums. But I'm going to grow them anyway heheheheh. I'll just enjoy growing them, and looking at their nice architect-plant sort of leaves hehehe.

I do have a couple that I ordered from down south with flower buds (that came along with the plant - with flower spike and buds). So that'll be a bonus if (or when) they eventually open up. That will be great.

Just quoting myself heheh. About a year later now.

I will see how it goes ------ and all fingers crossed. Both of my Cym. Barrita Princess 'Princess' plants (growing in separate pots all along) have flower spikes. I'm pretty sure they're flower spikes anyway.

The other regular growths have flatter cross-sections and split apart to form leaves, and the colour of those growths are quite green. While these other growths that I believe are flower spikes, are sort of round in cross section, and have natural dark patches on the sides, sort of like 'V2' rocket shape.

We didn't even have any super cold nights, or even long periods of cold nights. So if these are flower spikes, then it looks like some 'temperate' climate cymbidiums can produce spikes after-all in tropical North Queensland, at sea-level. I reckon they are spikes anyway.

So now - will have to wait and see if the conditions can sustain them. I'll report on what happens anyway. I have read that if temperatures get too high or something, then cymbidium spike growth can halt, and things can then go downhill from there. Fingers crossed - in that doesn't happen heheh!

[Dusty Ol' Man]

DC
I know this is from last year, but it is still timely. Had a conversation with Kim at FairOrchids, this morning, and cyms came up. I read the article and the first page of responses, but I didn't see any explanation of the heat numbers. What do those numbers represent? And how are they applied to my choices living in zone 9-10?

[JScott]

OMG the email I use for this account is a gmail that I literally use for nothing else, and I had long ago forgotten the password, so I haven't been getting my notifications for the OB in years. Finally decided on a whim to reset the password (actually I got a new macbook and I like their desktop email client better than the gmail format, because it keeps things more separate and tidy, but not the point. I added the account to my apple email client and now I get those emails again.)

The point is that I get the notification of new posts on threads I have participated in, so I got this one, and I came here to refresh my memory and see what was new and give you guys a little update.

For one thing, my Milton Carpenter is just HUGE now. It's certainly big enough to bloom, so I'm really hoping for this summer. It grows a set of pseudobulbs in the winter, and then another in the summer.

I have it growing in a two gallon nursery pot, and it has almost filled that pot. I have heard of this plant referred to as.miniature (which for Cymbidiums just means slightly smaller than standard, most of the time, with the exceptions of a few truly little ones), and I don't think by any stretch of the imagination you could call this miniature. The pseudobulbs are a little smaller but the leaves are just as long and the pant stands just as tall as any standard.

Anyway, just a little update here on a thread I had forgotten even existed. I really hope Milton blooms this year. I think if I'm ever going to bloom a Cymbidium, it is going to be this one and it is going to be this summer. I'll keep you guys posted. I know plants bloom at different times depending growing conditions, but does anybody have this plant, and do you typically see it blooming at a certain part of the summer?

On an unrelated note, one of my many Tenebrosas is finally big enough to bloom, and it has a very nice bud on, so I will soon be seeing a Tenebrosa in bloom in person for the first time, rather than just in pictures. You have no idea how happy this makes my heart.

(stupid sideways pictures. )

[JScott]

Yaaaaaaaayyyy I made them display upright! I know how to make them orient the right direction on my old computer, but this is my first time posting pictures on OR from my new computer, so now I know

[Roberta]

The plant looks beautiful! At least another year before it fills the pot, though... Odds are great for flowers!