Cym Kiwi Midnight 'Geyserland' FCC/AOS
 

The last orchid I expected to see on the blessed eBay was Cym Kiwi Midnight 'Geyserland' FCC/AOS. I didn't expect to get that black flower that you see all over the net that looks too doctored, in my opinion anyway, but I'm truly delighted with this one.
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Gorgeous flowers. Maybe on the next blooming cycle the colors of your flowers will be more vivid and darker. I don't think they will doctor the colors of those flowers since it was awarded and scrutinized by those judges. The pictures can also make it appear even more darker to almost black I suppose. That is why I put my flowers in the noonday sun to really capture the correct colors.

I hope you did not pay an exorbitant price for it. Because of the mass mericloning, the price in California has dropped to $25 a blooming size division. For the first 48 hours after it opens, it is very showy. It is downhill from there in form and in color. This plant was originally awarded within 48 hours of opening and was a very, very dark burgundy. Although it is very difficult to capture the true color of red flowers, the original photos were not doctored. The saturated color of the lip also lent to the dark color effect.

The worst thing you can do with a red is to subject the flowers to bright sunlight. All colors will fade in bright light.

These are selling in Europe for almost $80 for around three bulbs to a plant. This one has eight bulbs, two new growths included. there were two spike but the seller broke one of them taking pictures for ebay lol. This one cost me £56 which is much cheaper than I was expecting. I've been told by a New Zealand friend that the breeder kept all of the darkest forms for himself, naturally, I would too. The blackest ones I've seen on line have a different shape to the sepals and petals as well as a different pattern on the lip. Even if the colour stays the same I will be happy but if it does decide to darken, that's fine too.

Fabulous!

I'm just now getting into cyms and this one is gorgeous!


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Thank you people :)

Someone is giving you a bunch of baloney! This is a MERICLONE! If a plant has a clonal name, as this does 'Geyserland', and it is mericloned, all the plants are expected to be the same. The photos were undoubtedly taken within hours of the flowers opening! I think what you are seeing here is proof of the original fact I gave you that the flower CHANGES in both color and form within 48 hours of opening. However, as this plant has obviously been mericloned in huge numbers, presumably using another clone and not the mother plant for the stem tissue, some mutations might occur.

This cross cannot be exactly remade using the same cultivars of the parents, as one of the original parents is dead! This was a one chance in a million color in this cross. If it were remade, even using different cultivars, no plant could carry the clonal name 'Geyserland'!

CL

Only passing on what I was told. Personally, I don't care.

There are so many rumors and false statements abounding in the orchid world, generally in attempts to sell a plant, I always try to get to the source of the statements and to find out the truth. If you do not care, that is your choice.

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Once a post is made on a public forum it is open for comments from anyone, whether or not the person who posts agrees with the comments and opinions. I did not intentionally mean to upset you so.

Since this plant was awarded in California and i knew the owner, the hybridizer and the judging team which awarded it, I just thought it would be interesting to know the story behind the plant.
Subject closed.

A nice plant K. Lots seen here in Aus. If YOU like it, enjoy it and don't worry about what others say.
B.

:drool::drool: Most DELISIOUS!!

Wow, gorgeous colour :drool:

:hello I'm just wondering if anyone is aware of any of these flowers currently obtainable. I have been searching in vain for a cymbidium kiwi midnight geyserland for some days now. I would be willing to pay, well, in all honesty, a truly exorbitant price for one of these orchids, specifically one in bloom or ready to bloom. I am a photographer, and I need one or several for a project that is very dear to me. I would be happy to pay a very nice finder's fee for anyone who could point me in the right direction! Any source on earth would be suitable, as long as they're willing to part with one of these cymbidiums (for a high price!).

As I noted in the previous thread, specific crosses and even more, specific cultivars, that were readily available 7 years ago are not likely to be around much now, unless you get a division from another grower. (Society auctions are a good place, though most societies are just getting started with meetings these days) Hybridizers have moved on to new crosses.

Does this almost sound like phishing? Do we need to send our bank account details too?

Im a member of another orchid forum and this same post regarding the photography project appeared there too.

they did say they were desperate.

I don't think it's a phishing scam as they were looking for a shop to buy one from.

I'm wondering how else he could have asked without seeming to come across as a scam? Could still always be one of course.

The orchid world is not like a car dealership where you can just walk in and drive out with exactly what you were after.

I've been trying to find some on my wish list for 3 years and to find an example in bloom is even trickier.