Cymbidium goeringii 'Tian Cao'

[OCRC_Dir_China]

Originally Posted by s.kallima

kentaki, thank you for your imput, but what do you suggest I call it , I don't really understand your point. Cym. goeringii and virens are synonym to my knowledge...
The name I use is the one given to me by the seller (Ten Shin Gardens, based in Taiwan), I don't pretend to know if it is exact, and I thank you if you can give me an exact name.
The seller actually doesn't give a Japanese name when he sells plants, only the name Tian Cao, I asked him if he had a kanji name to give me when I bought the plant and this is what he told me.

天草 This is just traditional Chinese script and Tian cao just means Heavenly grass in traditional Chinese. If you lived or traveled around China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam you will see there is a lot of Chinese mixed into their writing and language. I haven’t seen or read anything published about this Tian cao within mainland China, but we will keep looking to see.

[NYCorchidman]

Originally Posted by CambriaWhat

Just remember to take a virus testing kit, as they seem to be quite common in the asian nurseries!

What makes you say that??

I doubt virus is just as common here in the US.

[Bolero]

Lovely little plant, one day I would like to give them a try.

[Asian Cymbidium Empress]

Hi Tentaki:
Yes, you are right about TianCao/Amakusa (天草). There is a clone name Amakusa Nisshin (天草日進), the plants are bigger, better marginal variegation (覆輪), the flower stem is taller, and has a bigger flower. When I visited a shunran nurseries in Japan last fall, I asked the owner about this. He told me that these are 2 different varieties. Since Amakusa（天草）is a City in Japan, I suspect that it just indicates that this "clone" is discovered around Amakusa. Since there is nothing too outstanding about this clone, they didn't really give a "special" name. Lastly, I have never seen this clone in Japan or any of the Japanese Shunran books/dictionaries I have in my collection. This clone is only sold by the Taiwanese. When it is sold by the Taiwanese, I always ask myself the origin (I am Taiwanese and I don't buy anything from them)