More Cymbidium Pictures from the gh

[stonedragonfarms]

Hello all, I've been on a bit of a hiatus as of late, but here are a few pics of what's in bloom right now; as per usual, I will post more when they are fully open. Enjoy!
Adam

[RosieC]

Wow, they are all stunning, especially the red one, but I love the greens as well.

[nenella]

love the green ones! the red one too is very nice! look forward to seeing the bloom fully open...

[LinhT]

I love the goeringii and sinense! They must smell wonderful. Did many of your goeringii bloom this season? All my buds blasted on one of my variegated goeringii. Don't know what I did wrong

[stonedragonfarms]

This was the only goeringii that bloomed for me this year; in the past this has blasted, but I think I am getting the hang of coaxing it to flower...I'll have to see if it works again this year
Adam

[LinhT]

Originally Posted by stonedragonfarms

This was the only goeringii that bloomed for me this year; in the past this has blasted, but I think I am getting the hang of coaxing it to flower...I'll have to see if it works again this year
Adam

Adam, so what have you done differently this time? I was told the Japanese goeringii need 50 days of 50 degree weather to initiate buds and that they need to stay cool in order to not blast. What temps did you keep it at? And did you keep them fairly moist?

[stonedragonfarms]

Originally Posted by LinhT

Adam, so what have you done differently this time? I was told the Japanese goeringii need 50 days of 50 degree weather to initiate buds and that they need to stay cool in order to not blast. What temps did you keep it at? And did you keep them fairly moist?

Tracy
I will agree that goeringii need to stay cool to not blast buds, though I am not sure about the 50 days of 50F... I have always managed to get my plants to bud out, but it is usually coaxing them into bloom that I have a problem with. This year I grew them a bit more like I have observed them growing in nature; in late fall I moved them to the deepest shade I could find in the greenhouse (in this case it was under the foliage of a large pot of walking iris, which is kept under a wire bench for the winter), mimicry of reduced lighting in the bamboo groves where I have seen them growing in the wild. I cut back on the water which I gave them, and kept them cool over the winter (I keep my greenhouse at 43F on winter nights). I pulled the plants out every 2-3 days to look for slugs, see if they were still moist, etc. At the end of February the stems of my spikes began to elongate, and the buds began to swell; at this time I gave the plants a bit of additional water and moved them out from under the foliage, but still kept them under the bench. About 2 weeks after I moved the plants into more light I began to see the buds just start to open, at this time I moved them into more light (not full sun like the rest of the cymbids, I think bright shade would be a good estimation). The blooms opened nicely and lasted about 3 weeks for me. I watered the plants about 2x a week while they were in bloom. I believe that goeringii may need a period of reduced light in conjunction with cool temps in order to bloom well (I am theorizing this based on my experiences with plants in the wild, most that I observed were growing in bamboo groves, where they would be subject to less light in the winter, due to the sun being at a lower level in the sky, a covering of shed bamboo leaves and at times snow cover. The ground does not freeze, but the plants are often covered in as much as a foot of snow, when the snow melts, it is common to see goeringii in bud/blooming beneath it.)
Anyways, I will grow my plants this way again this winter and see if my success is replicated. Good luck w/ your plants!
Adam

[LinhT]

Thanks for the detailed info, Adam. It's hard to find culture information on goeringii so I ask anyone and everyone questions, who grow these. I'll change a few things and give it another go again this Fall.

[stonedragonfarms]

Originally Posted by LinhT

Thanks for the detailed info, Adam. It's hard to find culture information on goeringii so I ask anyone and everyone questions, who grow these. I'll change a few things and give it another go again this Fall.

There was an article about their culture in the CSA journal last fall, though I don't remember which issue. If I run across it, I'll try to zip you a copy of it.
Adam

[LinhT]

Cool, thanks! The only culture info I've found are in the Japanese orchid journals and Chinese cymbidium books, which I can not read. So, if what you have is in English, that would be very helpful.