New Cymbidiums from The Orchid People of Hawaii

[Leafmite]

Very nice looking plants! No idea on care as I do not grow them. Good luck with them! Looking forward to seeing the blooms!

[JScott]

I think I'm going to leave them inside while the buds develop. They have a nice window where they get half a day of direct sun, and the temperature is pleasant in the 70s, and they should do fine. I'm afraid if I stick them outside when it's 95 degrees, that might shock them and the buds might blast. I know they can handle that kind of heat if they are acclimated to it, and if they weren't all in spike, they'd go outside, but since the tender buds are developing, I'm going to be a little gentle with them. And also, I'm the only one who ever goes in this room, so that allows me to delay having to tell my family that I bought 5 more plants, 5 big Cymbidiums, all at once after I just got another box full of orchids last week hahahahaha.

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I don't recall the exact situation, but I think SVO had some kind of sale or something? Because somehow I ended up with a box of 10 miniature SVO Cattleyas last week.

[JScott]

And as Roberta suggested, I selected ones that had Peter Pan in their background, or ones that have a large percentage of ensifolium, aloifolium, and lowianum. All 5 of them are composed of at least 50%, if not more, of warm growing species. From the pictures, they look like most of them have classic, round Cymbidium shape (not as round as the standards, but not spidery with thin petals and sepals either), so if they work out, I will be thrilled. I might even buy 5 more.

[Dollythehun]

Beautiful. I've had their website open for some time but, I have space constraints. Eventually, these may become big plants. I don't have the natural light for them and Indiana's power is not cheap. Keep us posted.

[JScott]

Originally Posted by Dollythehun

Beautiful. I've had their website open for some time but, I have space constraints. Eventually, these may become big plants. I don't have the natural light for them and Indiana's power is not cheap. Keep us posted.

OMG that's funny, I had their website open in a tab on my browser for weeks before I finally broke down and bought the plants. Space is a problem for me too. It's going to be tight this fall with those plants when everybody comes inside. They are small as far as Cymbidiums go, but even the "miniature" Cymbidiums are pretty big. They're too tall to put under my light setup. I have a really good west facing window tho where I keep a lot of plants in the winter. I think I'm going to have to set another artificial light grow area (I'm gonna try LEDs this time) and move most of the plants that usually go in that west window and put them under lights so that i can put the Cymbidiums in the window. Of course if I did that, that's a really big window, so I'd have room at that window for 5 more Cymbidiums hahahahahaha.

[estación seca]

You're not a confirmed orchid grower until you start getting rid of furniture for more space.

[JScott]

Originally Posted by estación seca

You're not a confirmed orchid grower until you start getting rid of furniture for more space.

Well, I think this fall, that time will come lol.

[Orchid Chikk Aussie Land]

I know we are different Country's
BUT i would put them outside,
In part shade.
As they Need the sun ..

I've seen people here in Aussie Land,
Who have a plant like yours,
Brought it inside, then within days,
All those sweet lil buds fell off
They are outdoor plants.
So just my 2c, not that it's worth much lol

[JScott]

Originally Posted by Orchid Chikk Aussie Land

I know we are different Country's
BUT i would put them outside,
In part shade.
As they Need the sun ..

I've seen people here in Aussie Land,
Who have a plant like yours,
Brought it inside, then within days,
All those sweet lil buds fell off
They are outdoor plants.
So just my 2c, not that it's worth much lol

You are from Australia, the land of Cymbidiums. I trust your judgement. I will put two of them outside. If the spikes continue to grow and develop, then I will put the other 3 outside.

[JScott]

However, once the buds reach a certain size, i will bring the plants back in. I do this with most of my outside plants. I find I get much better color when the buds do their final development in cooler temperatures. I've never lost a flower bud doing this. I think once they get big enough, they are very unlikely to blast. But I feel confident that the flowers will have better color with the buds developing where it is 70 degrees than where it is 95 degrees.