Cym. Carolyn Smith Bolton
This plant came to me as part of the Lois Duffin Orchids dispersal sale (auction). I bid on several lots, and won two (= 35 plants for less than $50). At the time it was a BS unbloomed seedling, showing just the parents on the label:
Cym. seidenfadenii x Cym. Cindy Lou
This intrigued me, since I met Mr. Seidenfaden a couple of times, when he visited my dad's nursery. Cym. seidenfadenii used to be a sub species of Cym. insigne, but it has been elevated to species status now.
It took a couple of years to get the plant going, but over the past two seasons I have seen what it can do. The flower is smallish and open, but it makes up for this with high flower count (usually 25+) and a straight upright spike, which needs no staking. It is also easy to bloom, setting 4-6 spikes from plants in 1 gallon pots. It blooms in Nov/Dec, but it will occasionally throw an additional spike in Feb or Mar.
I have sold some 4-5 divisions, and only have one piece left, which I am trying to breed with. I am considering having a meristem run done, as this is a super plant.
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Kim (Fair Orchids)
Founder of SPCOP (Society to Prevention of Cruelty to Orchid People), with the goal of barring the taxonomists from tinkering with established genera!
I am neither a 'lumper' nor a 'splitter', but I refuse to re-write millions of labels.
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