Need Help with name for this lovely Cymbidium.

[Kseniya]

Hello.
Went yesterday to Lowe’s to buy light bulbs and passed by the sale plant rack and found him/her. They just deliver them and this one had meet his/her unfortunate fate with ground, so they just put him/her in same broken pot and shove some spag. on top. Left him/her on sale rack for 5$. He/her was root bound so roots on outside are all broken but inside good, so I clean him/her and put him/her in LECA, so far so good. Flower is so rich in color and big but plant itself small, half the size of my regular Cymbidiums. Just beautiful plant.
P.S. not sure if it is him or her…..to be determent.

[Orchid Whisperer]

Hello Kseniya
With very few exceptions (species in the genera Cycnoches and Catasetum), orchid flowers all contain male and female parts in one flower. You can safely use the gender neutral pronoun "it" and you will be correct. Many Orchidboard members prefer to think of their plants as "he" or "she", and few of the members here would object to that.

As to the naming of your plant, the only thing that is certain is that it is a Cymbidium, most likely a hybrid. With orchids, there can be so much variation within a specific hybrid cross (called a "grex"), and overlap in characteristics between grexes, that it can be virtually impossible to re-identify a hybrid after the identity 8s lost. Someone may be able to tell you a plant looks like a particular hybrid, and that can sometimes help in understanding how to care for a plant.

I have several plants that have no identification (noID plants). I don't worry about it too much, I just take care of them and enjoy the flowers.

[Kseniya]

Originally Posted by Orchid Whisperer

Hello Kseniya
With very few exceptions (species in the genera Cycnoches and Catasetum), orchid flowers all contain male and female parts in one flower. You can safely use the gender neutral pronoun "it" and you will be correct. Many Orchidboard members prefer to think of their plants as "he" or "she", and few of the members here would object to that.

As to the naming of your plant, the only thing that is certain is that it is a Cymbidium, most likely a hybrid. With orchids, there can be so much variation within a specific hybrid cross (called a "grex"), and overlap in characteristics between grexes, that it can be virtually impossible to re-identify a hybrid after the identity 8s lost. Someone may be able to tell you a plant looks like a particular hybrid, and that can sometimes help in understanding how to care for a plant.

I have several plants that have no identification (noID plants). I don't worry about it too much, I just take care of them and enjoy the flowers.

Thank you Orchid Whisperer.
I do have myself 10 NoId orchids, Phalaenopsis, Dendrobium and Cymbidium. Rescue like this one from friends that buy them for flowers and killing them slowly after, so i give them option to give it to me. I re-bloom them and give them in good home with instructions on care for people who care
This one just different, we have in stores here Cymbidiums in red, green, white and pale yellow but never this color and size. So i was hoping it's somewhat different. I did get number from store for their supplier, will see.
Thank you again.

[Roberta]

It is a pretty one, indeed. Orchid Whisperer is right, there is really no way, on most hybrids, to determine much (or anything) about their family tree. For some other types, this can be a problem (like some in the Cattleya group) because some parents may be particularly warm-growing or cool-growing, and so knowing the parentage can help decide on culture. In the case of hybrid Cymbidiums, that's not an issue, since all are substantially the same in terms of culture. Unless you were considering breeding, absence of a pedigree really makes no difference, just enjoy a lovely plant.