Cym faberi - Orchid Board

stonedragonfarms · #1 04-30-2011, 02:16 PM

This little guy has been in spike forever; I saw the first hint of it in November, it gradually elongated for the next four months (it's sort of weird that it shot out through the media and turned upward a ways back from the plant)...and now the buds are opening. I'll post a pic when they're all open (provided I remember...); my other that bloomed this winter held its flowers for about 6 weeks, so I'll expect this one to do the same.
Enjoy!
Adam

WhiteRabbit · #2 05-01-2011, 04:04 AM

oh wow! that's a cutie!

smweaver · #3 05-01-2011, 07:33 AM

Great-looking bloom, Adam. I really love the small-flowered Chinese cymbidiums. Are the flowers of this species fragrant?

Steve

stonedragonfarms · #4 05-01-2011, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by smweaver

Great-looking bloom, Adam. I really love the small-flowered Chinese cymbidiums. Are the flowers of this species fragrant?

Steve

Just a slight fragrance to this one, it sort of smells like grass to me, nothing super potent like goeringii or ensifolium...

PeaceLoveOrchids · #5 05-01-2011, 08:03 PM

Cutie! Love this one!

pheli · #6 05-01-2011, 08:33 PM

It is a native species in Taiwan, growing at the elevation of 2000 meters around.
Actually it is seldom grown here because it likes cool weather.

Cym Ladye · #7 05-02-2011, 01:26 PM

Adam,

Your plant shows a high degree of stress. If it were in my collection, I would not allow it to hold the flower spike after it opens but get it into growth mode ASAP!

Orchids bloom to procreate, either by green bulb multiplication or by blooming. Yours is "praying" that one of the blooms will be pollinated and hence the plant will survive.

CL

stonedragonfarms · #8 05-02-2011, 02:56 PM

Thanks for the thought CL, but judging by the root system on this and the way it has acted in previous years, I'd disagree. I usually manage to blast the spike and then it just sulks until mid-June. This year I treated it more like goeringii--cooler winter temps, reduced water and a bit more sun, and it bloomed. Perhaps when I repot in a few weeks I will see death at the root zone, I'll keep you posted, until then, I will enjoy the flowers. Death is after all a part of life.
Adam