My first flowering Cymbidium

[Cym Ladye]

Ethan,

Often times florists and the high scale garden stores, like Smith and Hawkens will deliberately remove the tags because they think the plants "look prettier". More often than not, no tags come with the plants from the distributors.

If I find something really outstanding and it appears virus free, I will look for a tag, and failing to find one I will try to find out what the store's distribution source is. Sometimes I am lucky, more often than not, I fail. But I have a rule "NO NAME, NO BUY".

CL

[Don Perusse]

Cym Ladye-If you are just a hobbiest, enjoy growing orchids, and have the opportunity to buy a beautiful orchids, with no name, why not buy without a name?? No criticism just curious? No-one can be certain without DNA testing as there are sooooo many look alikes.....even with syblings there are differences..........UNLESS you are in a breeding program to acquire a new species for resale or such situation. To me they are all beautiful and worthy of keeping, with a name or NONAME'.

[orchids3]

Don,
I agree with Cym Layde. No tag no buy. Have too many plants to grow something with no name. Think orchids societies should discourage the practice myself. It is hard to make a lot of money as a orchid nursery but saving a few pennies (and that a lot if you sell millions of plants) may hurt the whole industry later as the desire to know what you have and study how to grow it go's away - enthuiasm is short lived and interest in learning doesnt grow. Pots plants are sold to throw away not keep and nurture - that sad to me.

[stonedragonfarms]

Great looking flowers Ethan! I love the green cymbids.

[Ethan]

I personally try to make a practice of not buying if there's no tag. However, I'm just a hobbyist so there's always an exception to the rule! I do agree that the industry should promote always labeling - to me it makes the grower seem more reputable. If they don't take the time to stick a label in the pot I wonder what else they don't take the time to do.

[Hedge]

I too have a green flowered Cym without a name, which I bought last March when the flowers were fading. I have been fortunate enough to get it to re flower and I love it! Please don't let these plants end up on the dump because they have no names.

Also have you noticed how the flowers change shape as they mature? These two are from Nov 08 and Jan 09 on the same spike.

Regards

[Ethan]

wow, hedge! That's a beauty! Wanna trade??
hehe - j/k I love all my orchids.

Interesting, though, how yours change shape - mine stay pretty much the same shape. I'm wondering if we have two different kinds of cymbidiums. I like it, though - I like the orchids whose flowers change shape or color as they age - just like people as they age!

[Amanda L]

All I can say is WOW!!!! Way to go!!! Absolutely beautiful!!!