Cymbidium Care

[Kaschmitz]

Purchased a Cymbidium valerie Absolonova x canaliculatum 'Mana"

any information and care on this plant would be appreciated.

Thank you

[Roberta]

This one has been registered... Cym Pakkret Chameleon.

It definitely doesn't need a cool-down to bloom, would be happiest on the warm side (like not much below 55 deg F/13 deg C) Cym Valerie Absolonova is Golden Elf x Peter Pan, both of them Cym. ensifolium hybrids that will tolerate cooler temps but definitely don't need them, and Cym. canaliculatum grows even warmer (I put that species in the greenhouse over the winter) So... I think that Cattleya conditions would work well for it.(Temperature, light) The Cym. canaliculatum parent likes to be kept drier in winter, but the other components don't, so I don't think that it particularly needs any special winter handling at all other than greenhouse temperatures.

There was a photo of it in Orchidwiz, a really pretty hybrid. For all of the other Board contributors who are on the lookout for Cyms that like warmer year-around temps, this one is a keeper!

[Kaschmitz]

Thank you