Orchid Lover,
This surprisingly, is the more common form of the species. The more popular to date has been the almost saturated dark burgumdy/black form, canaliculatum variety sparksii. With that said, the Cymbidium world is now fascinated with spots, blotches and other strange markings so this nice example of the more common form is now getting its due respect.
This is not the species for anyone living in a hot, wet, humid part of the world, as the growths rot very easily in cooler weather. If you check the natural environment where this species grows naturally, I believe you will find it to be fairly arid country.
This also has been a very difficult plant for most hobbyists to successfully grow from one growth seedlings to maturity. Once mature and in the dry, warm environment it likes, it grows well and abundently! Definitely not a window sill plant, but not as rank a grower as Cym. madidum , another Australian species, which actually prefers the warm, more humid culture.
Thank you for sharing your photo,
CL
Last edited by Cym Ladye; 08-29-2009 at 12:49 PM..
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There are many other plants in the area this one was found but none had as much purple/maroon colour on the flower. This one was the most striking of them in colour.
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