Noid Cymbidium care tips
 

Hello!

I bought this plant for my grand mothers birthday.
And to be honest. i have no idea how to grow cymbidiums.
The plant is now outside doing just fine. but it will soon be the time to put it inside since the temperatures have droped to 8°C in the morning... But i've read that this is benefitial for it to reflower again.
So i need some tips how to take care of it and what is the best time to put it inside. What is the lowest temp she can survive without a problem?

plus i need some tips how to make her reflower again. :)
Photos included ( it is some kind of hybrid, thats all i know )

Gregor

Beautiful! I love light pink cymbidiums.
I think cool nights trigger blooming.
I'd watch for frost, but other than that just leave it out and water.
My cymbidiums, and the others in the area, get down to 30 Fahrenheit... uuhhh... something like -1 in Celsius... every night for months in winter.
Sometimes lower.
So they can take the cold.
But... there's no frost in my area. Ever.
Which is a big factor.

So I would keep them out as long as possible.
As far as blooming. I'm not sure what to suggest. They bloom automatically for me. I keep then outside year round. They bloom in January. So I would say spike formation is probably due to cooler temperatures and maybe reduced photo period.

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Thanks ordphien! I cant have it outside all year arround since the temps get very low in the winter (arround -20°C). Then i will move it inside in a cool space, and we can just hope for buds to form :)

What about the watering? How do you water them? do they like to stay moist all the time or dry out betwen the waterings?
I am also interested in how do you fertilise yours? do you stop in the winter or do you fertilise on a regular basis throughout the whole year?:)

That certainly is too cold lol.

Since my cymbidiums are essentially garden plants I tend to treat them as such.
Mine get a lot of light. I would consider light to be most important when caring for them.
They like lots of light.
As far as watering. I water them on the same schedule as my patio plants. Every two or three days in summer. Everyday during the height of summer.
In fall and spring I back down to about once a week.
I water them with a hose. I aim it in the pot and stop when I see water flowing out the bottom.
In winter. I dont water. Our rainy season is winter so I never have to water anything. Except the stupid hanging baskets under the patio. I love them... but I feel silly watering them with a hose in the middle of a downpour...
I would imagine indoors would be much like fall. Around once a week.
I'm not sure if they dry out. I'd imagine some weeks they never dry out and others they really do.
My potting medium is coarse bark. My neighbor pots hers in garden sol and my mom uses house plant soil. My friend uses a terrestrial potting mix. They don't seem to care much. I will note I prefer bark though.

I use osmocote. When I see the start of new growth I throw in a handful of osmocote. It's a slow release fertiliser that uses water yadda yadda. It's very low maintenance.
I throw a handful in every month and a half to two and a half months.
I do stop throwing it in in winter. Actually I'll apply it maybe twice throughout fall and winter at half a handful. They aren't growing during that time anyhow.

I'm sorry if my answers are so vague. They are extremely unfussy low care plants for me that tolerate pretty much anything.
I think I actually put the least amount of effort into them out of every single plant I own.

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Thanks! I guess I'll just have to try and see what works best for mine :)

Here is the AOS Culture sheet for Cyms: http://aos.org/Default.aspx?id=196

It should answer your basic questions. My personal experience with mini Cyms (I don't have room for the big ones) is that they need several cool nights in a row to initiate flowering.

Good Luck! Let us know how it goes. Post Pics of your success!

Thanks for the culture sheet ;) I'll post if we succeed with reflowering :)

Gregor

wow beautiful, I really would love an cymbidium but they do not seem to really care for me....Or maybe I just have REALLY bad luck whenever I order them....

A few more links that may be helpful

http://www.cymbidium.org/cymbidium.html

http://www.sborchid.com/culture.php?...dium%20Culture

http://www.orquideas.com/growing/cymbcult.html

Generally, Cyms are very hardy plants, no need to baby them! ;)

very usefull links! thank you WhiteRabbit :)