Clarifying the Culture for Asian Cymbidiums

[Roberta]

I haven't seen any variegated Cym hybrids. I have a variegated Cym dayanum that grows like a weed... conditions more like the standard Cyms except a bit shadier. No variegated hybrids. Don't know how well variegation is inherited even in the species.

[alecStewart1]

Originally Posted by Roberta

Don't know how well variegation is inherited even in the species.

Hmmm, it'd be interesting to build a rapport with Asian growers and see if they have any idea. Maybe it's also a "it kind of just happens sometimes" kind of thing for them as well.

I think I've seen Ray mention somewhere here that he was at one point was importing a ton of Asian Cymbidiums.

If Asian Cymbidium Empress was here, I'd be curious if they know of any literature from Asia to read on these plants.

[Jmoney]

Originally Posted by Roberta

I haven't seen any variegated Cym hybrids. I have a variegated Cym dayanum that grows like a weed... conditions more like the standard Cyms except a bit shadier. No variegated hybrids. Don't know how well variegation is inherited even in the species.

I think in most cases variegation is inherited only by division. Just like for neos. which is probably why I saw a beautiful goeringii with inner variegation retail for 2g. I'm sure it goes way up from that too!

[alecStewart1]

Originally Posted by Jmoney

I think in most cases variegation is inherited only by division. Just like for neos.

I saw some study I found from 2007 that it's possible for variegation to be inherited if the mother plant has it.

Granted, that's probably a much smaller chance that from division, and I don't know if part of the condition is if the mother plant got it's variegation from the original plant being chimeric or that it's a particular -ploid for it's genus/species.

Also, 2007 is over a decade ago, so newer research has possibly come to a different conclusion.

Again, maybe Jack Zhu, other US growers or growers in Asia know something we don't and no one has ever really asked.