Cymbidium Fever

[bigroth]

My first two.

[terracotta7]

Beautiful! Way to grow!

[WhiteRabbit]

Lovely!

[bigroth]

I'm starting to like them as much as my catts.

[RJSquirrel]

I have 3 cyms and they all are going to bloom for the 1st time this year, a cym parishii and a cym englands rose (one, a golden elf bloomed over the summer very nicely)...I start to like them if they bloom for me. I have too much that doesnt bloom for me not to like.. Nice flowers

we dont have many here in texas who grow the cyms so I can find another little small niche to fall in

[cbuchman]

I like Cyms, but I needed to stick with smaller more compact plants. So I tried some of the Chinese Cyms. They don't require as much light and will bloom even with warmer temps - in other words no cold spell needed to initiate blooming. Many have variegated leaves. I have 2 with yellow variegation and 2 with red variegation (fades to green as the leaves age). Flower are a bit more delicate looking, but with similar substance to the standard Cyms. Plants stay under about 10"

Here is a pic from last year of Cym. ensifolium 'Shi Chang Hong'. It's in spike again and should bloom next spring.

[Vanda lover]

Beautiful! I love cyms. They are so easy to grow. I have always wanted an orange one but no one sells them here.

[tellmewhy]

Originally Posted by cbuchman

I like Cyms, but I needed to stick with smaller more compact plants. So I tried some of the Chinese Cyms. They don't require as much light and will bloom even with warmer temps - in other words no cold spell needed to initiate blooming. Many have variegated leaves. I have 2 with yellow variegation and 2 with red variegation (fades to green as the leaves age). Flower are a bit more delicate looking, but with similar substance to the standard Cyms. Plants stay under about 10"

Here is a pic from last year of Cym. ensifolium 'Shi Chang Hong'. It's in spike again and should bloom next spring.

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Me too. I love Chinese Cymbidium with variegation leaves. I got some from last winter and kill almost all of them
Did you get your Chinese Cym from U.S vendor or from Matt?

[cbuchman]

Originally Posted by tellmewhy

Me too. I love Chinese Cymbidium with variegation leaves. I got some from last winter and kill almost all of them
Did you get your Chinese Cym from U.S vendor or from Matt?

I got mine from Matt Chin at Ten Shin. He comes to the US often. He'll be our our Show in January in Wayne NJ. So I buy when I see him at a show or other orchid event.

[RJSquirrel]

Im not sure where you at bigroth but the cyms I have are all warm growing cyms and dont need cold spell to bloom. They have been outside in the heat all summer long and now spikes!!!
Growing warm cyms might be a little different than growing what looks like to be the cooler growing cyms in your pics. The chinese cyms are very interesting to me and might have a place in my greenhouse in the future. We have a cym farm here in Texas where they grow them for the grocery stores. They arent retail but its a very impressive operation needless to say as they have cyms in all stages of growths and blooms. I just wish they would put the damn plant tags in em!!!