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12-13-2023, 08:52 PM
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Cymbidium Carolyn Smith Bolton
Long story here:
When the Lois Duffin nursery closed, I bought about 40 of their Cymbidiums. One was a just BS plant, where the label read: seidenfadenii x Cindy Lou. Since I met Gunnar Seidenfaden several times back in the late 1960's & early 1970's, I paid special attention to this plant.
Cym. seidenfadenii used to be considered a sub-species of Cym. insigne, but it has been elevated to a separate species now. The plants in this complex set tall inflorescences straight UP (4-5' tall), with 20-25 flowers. It made me wonder why anyone would do this type of breeding. When looked it up in the RHS database, I discovered that it was made by George Hatfield, and named as shown above.
Cindy Lou = Dolly x Sarah Jean, both of which are 50% Cym. floribundum, so the genes are there for a miniature with a high flower count. My plant blooms reliably in Nov/Dec (even without going outside for the summer), and then it usually blooms again in March. It sends the inflorscences straight up, without need for staking.
Eventually, at a show in Pittsburgh, I met Ms. Carolyn Smith Bolton, who told me that her two plants of this grex have characteristics very different from the one I have. She has promised me divisions next time we see each other.
Lastly, I managed to get the plant in for judging this past weekend (in Philly). The judges agreed, and scored it 82 pts for an AM/AOS.
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Dalachin, Roberta, estación seca, stonedragonfarms, DeaC, Jmoney, alecStewart1, DirtyCoconuts, ebrookmi, DaylightFirefly, rbarata, PuiPuiMolcar, WaterWitchin, Mountaineer370, Jeff214 liked this post
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12-14-2023, 04:48 PM
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pretty and robust!
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12-14-2023, 08:01 PM
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Hi Kim,
Here are the award images - congratulations!
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12-15-2023, 10:04 AM
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Ed sent me the awards certificate, and I noticed the first name of the photographer. You obviously have far better equipment than I do.
Thanks for the photos,
Kim
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Founder of SPCOP (Society to Prevention of Cruelty to Orchid People), with the goal of barring the taxonomists from tinkering with established genera!
I am neither a 'lumper' nor a 'splitter', but I refuse to re-write millions of labels.
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12-15-2023, 11:14 AM
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insane!!! love it
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12-15-2023, 03:38 PM
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That is gorgeous!
Pittsburgh Orchid Show is a nice one to attend. The members of their society are really nice and they put on a good show. I have not gone recently but would go when my kids were in college there...wonderful displays!
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12-16-2023, 11:45 AM
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That is one beautiful and robust plant!  |
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