Pink Blush Cymbidium (no i.d.)

[WhiteRabbit]

One of my noid Cyms - blooms reliably. I wish I could coax more blooms per spike from it, but I'm happy it blooms every year with multiple spikes.

This is the largest of three divisions I made from the plant last June. The larger two divisions (I gave one to a friend) both started spikes just three months later, the small division started a spike a couple months ago, and still has a ways to go before blooming.

Hard to see in the photos, but there is a subtle pink blush to the blooms, which are very lightly fragrant.

Thanks for looking

[NYCorchidman]

I can see the pink blushing very well in the pictures.
Clean flowers and leaves, I love them!!!!

lowe flower count, but at least you get multiple spikes each year.
It must be a great joy having this plant around!

I understand the standard cymbidium care, but can you walk me through how you care for yours throughout the year?

Thanks in advance!

[ronaldhanko]

Gorgeous flowers and photos, Sonya. Wish I had room for them.

[silken]

Very nice!

[PlantTeeth]

Very beautiful plant!

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[Bud]

Very elegant with colors of clean pastels contrasted by the lip and leaves....its a joy to behold

[Orchids4ever]

Very Nice-Love these-but no Room

[WhiteRabbit]

Originally Posted by NYCorchidman

I can see the pink blushing very well in the pictures.
Clean flowers and leaves, I love them!!!!

lowe flower count, but at least you get multiple spikes each year.
It must be a great joy having this plant around!

I understand the standard cymbidium care, but can you walk me through how you care for yours throughout the year?

Thanks in advance!

Thanks It's a good plant over-all; didn't miss a beat after getting divided.

Lots of sun, water and fertilizer while growing. I have been using nutri-cote 13-13-13 slow release fertilizer the past few years (applied in spring). Where I have most of my Cyms, they get sun all morning in summer (a few even into afternoon). I'm able to keep them outside year-round; they usually start spikes in Sept-Oct. Take temps down to slightly below freezing for short periods at night(tho if there are spikes, I make sure they are sheltered if there's a chance of frost or freeze) to near or just over 100 for short periods occasionally during heat spells (shaded during the afternoon heat).

In winter, the area I have them gets very little sun, but hasn't been an issue at all. When they need water in winter (every week or two, unless they've gotten lots of rain), I give them some weak water-soluble fertilizer once or twice a month.

I pot mine in a combination of fine and medium fir bark, throw in some perlite and/or pumice. Repot/divide in spring.

For me, at least, they are pretty easy keepers - until they need repotting, anyway

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Originally Posted by ronaldhanko

Gorgeous flowers and photos, Sonya. Wish I had room for them.

Thanks Ron!

aw - yeah, they do need some space - I'm so often tempted to buy more, but I'm not sure what I'd do with more - it's fine while they are growing, but then when they bloom, and it's rainy here, and I want to keep the blooms nice ... where to put them where they won't get rained on???

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Originally Posted by silken

Very nice!

thanks silken

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Originally Posted by PlantTeeth

Very beautiful plant!

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thank you!

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Originally Posted by Bud

Very elegant with colors of clean pastels contrasted by the lip and leaves....its a joy to behold

aw - thanks Bud

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Originally Posted by Orchids4ever

Very Nice-Love these-but no Room

thanks

Yeah, they do need some space - I feel fortunate to have a bit of space that I can have some

[NYCorchidman]

Thanks, Sonya!

You live in Northern Cali. I know the bay area gets quite warm in the fall, but how cool does it get around september&october in your area??

I'm asking this because I thought standard cyms need cooling to initiate spikes, but if yours start showing spikes in the fall, that means cooling is not what triggers them to spike. no?

That's the main reason I never keep large cymbidium in my apartment. I can give all the sun and water, but no cooling below 65 in the winter.

[WhiteRabbit]

Yes daytime temps in early fall can be quite warm, but night temps are always cool - even in summer usually getting into the upper 50s. So Sept-Oct easily gets down to lower 50s, if not lower.

It is my understanding that standards DO need night temps in the lower 50s late summer-fall to bloom. Sorry Minis are nice too, tho