My first Cymbidium... it's a big plant!

[RosieC]

At the weekend I bought several orchids including my first ever Cymbidium.

This plant is huge with lots of big fat bulbs. They had several in the shop many of them a lot smaller, but I chose this one because it was the healthiest looking plant.

It's strongly fragrant, quite a plesant sweet smell. The one spike is fully open but there is a second spike of buds just starting to open.



I've posted this picture on another post, but it really shows the size of this 'chid sitting in my fire place.

[etex]

It looks lovely! The plant is really big!! Fragrant,too! You picked a great one.

[johnblagg]

Go you

[WhiteRabbit]

awesome Rosie! It's beautiful!

[Country Gramma]

Oh Rosie,

The whole room is just a delight. I could just sit there and look all day. Everything looks so nice in bloom. I keep all my chids on a lighted stand (shelves) in my living room so we see them all day...but what a beautiful setting you have there.

Merry Christmas and Blessed New Year to you and yours. Karen

[smweaver]

It's a beauty, Rosie. Did it have an actual name in the pot (over here they tend to include nothing more descriptive than "yellow cymbidium" on the label)?

Steve

[RosieC]

Thanks everyone & Happy Christmas!

Steve, no name... just 'cymbidium - 3 spikes'. It's the same arround here with no names or ocasionally just some sort of trade name.

[trdyl]

It's lovely Rosie. Enjoy!