Help ID'ing Cymbidium Plants..

[cooljjay]

Well my first post on here but not new to the plant scene. Having worked in the interior and exterior landscaping scene, I've gotten my hands dirty with a number of species.

A few months back I went to an estate sale and for 5$ a plant, I picked up a lot of cymbidiums starting to bud and in horrible condition. Then probably about a month ago we had an extremely cold day, down in the 20s and I didn't pull them far enough under the canopy. I lost a lot of spikes

Well now I need help in id'ing the few plants that managed to spike. I want to start dividing and repotting them, so I may share them with other people. But I would like to give names out with them.

Heres an over all shot.


First to bloom


Second


Had this one a few years, grew it from a single bulb.

[ronaldhanko]

There are thousands of hybrids like these, many of which look exactly alike, with the result that it is impossible to ID a plant without a name like these.

[rodrigo]

Hello cooljjay,
Welcome to the forum.
All of those blooms look great!
Especially the green one. Wow!
For $5 /plant ... Congratulations on a great buy!
Enjoy!

Rodrigo

[cooljjay]

Thanks!

I wasn't really thinking when I asked about names, I should have thought a little more about it.

Well I got the energy to divide up a plant today...found out where the frogs were hiding too

Heres photos

Just a little neglected.



Heres the frog.


After awhile with the hammer, shovel and knife...I've got it in half.


Here we go, 11 new plants...they already look greener but I can see when I do the rest I will be having an orchid sale next spring.

[ronaldhanko]

Wow! Amazingly huge plants - wish you well when you get around to selling them.

[cooljjay]

Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Wow! Amazingly huge plants - wish you well when you get around to selling them.

Yep I will need it, I don't have the room for them all and can't bare to toss them. So hopefully I can sell them for a little but I want to give them one season to recover from the division and repotting.

[Cym Ladye]

Ron is absolutely correct in saying there are thousands of older Cymbidium hybrids out there that look like these and finding a name is impossible.

However, as you divide and repot your divisions, I recommend you put a clonal name and color on them, if you have not already done so, so that you can identify them in your own way. Your tag could look something like this: Cym. hyb. ign. 'Yellow Bird' for instance and all divisions of that plant would carry the same label. The hyb. ign. is a fancy way of meaning hybrid unknown. You can also use numbers, or names of your pets, loved ones or streets where you live.

Additionally, I always put the potting date on the top of the back of my labels as well as the color of the plant.

Last point, I urge you to sterilize all your tools by flaming, or soaking for a few hours in a 5% solution of clorox in between working on each large plant. Working on newspaper and changing it in between plants is important too to preclude the possible spread of virus contamination.

Good Luck,

CL

[cooljjay]

Originally Posted by Cym Ladye

Ron is absolutely correct in saying there are thousands of older Cymbidium hybrids out there that look like these and finding a name is impossible.

However, as you divide and repot your divisions, I recommend you put a clonal name and color on them, if you have not already done so, so that you can identify them in your own way. Your tag could look something like this: Cym. hyb. ign. 'Yellow Bird' for instance and all divisions of that plant would carry the same label. The hyb. ign. is a fancy way of meaning hybrid unknown. You can also use numbers, or names of your pets, loved ones or streets where you live.

Additionally, I always put the potting date on the top of the back of my labels as well as the color of the plant.

Last point, I urge you to sterilize all your tools by flaming, or soaking for a few hours in a 5% solution of clorox in between working on each large plant. Working on newspaper and changing it in between plants is important too to preclude the possible spread of virus contamination.

Good Luck,

CL

What I am doing is using a permanent marker and labeling the pot with the last 2 numbers of the photo of the flower. This way I can id them when not in bloom and when I get around to selling I can print a photo of the bloom and place it near the plants. Thats a good idea to put hyb ign on the label with some nifty name for the plant.

I do need to pick up a torch so I can sterilize my tools before I move onto the next plant. I use to do this with my roses but the last few moves I hadn't had time to sterilize between cuts.

[rodrigo]

Are you going to name the frog also?

[cooljjay]

Originally Posted by rodrigo

Are you going to name the frog also?

Yep I am trying to think of a really good name, besides loud mouth When he making his nose I can hear him in the living room...before the rain they were living under the house. Good little guys to have around, they eat a lot of bugs.