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Old 03-07-2013, 07:51 PM
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A fairly small Cym with small (but fabulous!) blooms; cold to warm growing, likes a lot of sun! I have read that these may be fragrant, but I haven't detected any fragrance from mine.

After four long years of waiting ...
- Some of you may remember I had posted a few months ago when I was so excited to have found spikes on this plant. There were two spikes - the first opened 2 of the five buds, the other three blasted But now the second spike is blooming The spike is near the center of the pot, so blooms don't display well, but I still love them!

I grow this outdoors year-round. It takes lows down to just below freezing for short periods on occasion, sheltered from frost or freeze, and now winter rain - the rain only because I hadn't been able to get this to bloom, and I was just trying to do something different. Winter is our rainy season, so my intent was to grow it slightly drier - never had any rot or root issues from it being in extremely wet weather. I don't know if it was the slightly drier winter that did the trick - it spiked in the fall following it's first drier winter - or if it was something else ... It takes highs of upper 90s - slightly over 100 for short periods on occasion, but shaded during the hottest part of the day. A couple of years ago, it even took a heavy dumping of small hail.


The second to last photo is my seemingly ginormous thumb for size perspective.

The last photo is the dayanum next to a standard Cym

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Old 03-07-2013, 08:22 PM
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Love it. will it grow in warm temps?
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Old 03-07-2013, 09:07 PM
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Love it. will it grow in warm temps?
I honestly don't know. IOSPE says "needs even year round conditions." - but I don't know if there's a preference for cool or warm... Andy's says "Warm,Intermediate to Cool;45°F min. to 98°F max.(tolerant of extremes,favoring warm)", but they also say 'low light', which I don't think is correct (mine takes a lot of sun) ... I have read a lot of contradictory growing info for this one Someone reporting what he was told by a Florida Cym grower, that he thought it wasn't hot enough there for them !?

I did find this thread where member Cym Ladye suggested this species as a possibility for growing indoors http://www.orchidboard.com/community...y-indoors.html

and found this: " Here in Key West, Florida I have had success with Cymbidium aloifolium,
Cym dayanum and Cym finlaysonianum ." [OGD] warmth tolerant pendulous cymbidiums

and Warm loving cymbidiums
which includes dayanum as fairly warmth tolerant ...

So, seems like it may be do-able for you
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Old 03-07-2013, 09:33 PM
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Thanks Sonya, that article from the keys is giving me courage. Love the info.
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Old 03-07-2013, 09:52 PM
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Thanks Sonya, that article from the keys is giving me courage. Love the info.
Cool!
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Old 03-07-2013, 10:08 PM
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That is very striking! Congrats on getting it to bloom!
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Old 03-07-2013, 10:10 PM
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A beauty!
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Old 03-07-2013, 10:15 PM
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Outstanding, Sonya. Waht a beauty.
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Old 03-07-2013, 10:25 PM
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Thanks silken, Monika, Ron

I'm thrilled it finally bloomed
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Old 03-07-2013, 10:38 PM
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Cool little blooms, makes me want to try my hand at the smaller ones
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