Cym (green blooms,no i.d.) in spectacular bloom!
 

I got this Cym at Costco about 5 years ago. It's always bloomed reliably and well for me. This year, it has really out-done itself! Eight spikes with over 200 blooms! :biggrin: The count of just over 200 buds was before the final spike was developed enough to count buds on it.

Potted in a 2 gallon plastic nursery pot, fir bark (medium and fine) mix.

Thanks for looking :)

Amazing plant! You've obviously done right by it!

Wow! That's just fantastic! I love your plants so much. I have been in email comms with SBOE today and they've not been terribly helpful. So I guess I'll stick to my NOIDs as well.


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Thank you! :blushing: I am soooo happy with this year's blooming!

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Thanks, Ryan! :blushing:

I looked briefly at your post regarding growing Cyms in Col. ... I don't really know what the weather is like, but I always think of Mountains getting chilly at night ... ? What are night temps like in late summer? I know it's dry there, does humidity go up at night? I'm not sure how important the night humidity is, so long as roots are staying moist ... :dunno: I just always read about the "cool, damp nights" wanted to initiate spikes. Daytime humidity can be quite low here, but it does go up a lot at night.

But, you know me - I love my noid Cyms! :D

That is a wonderful specimen! You grow some very beautiful plants, Sonya!

Any flower shop will be dying to display this on their window. It looks like a professional arrangement and yet it is growing natural in your garden.

Aw you're so sweet to chime in.

Well, I won't deny I have challenges here in Colorado growing orchids and humidity is the hardest one to fix. But I have, at least for my indoor plants. I grow my plants in sh, and these will be no different. I'm just waiting for the right time (new root growth). They will grow in a semi shade area of my garden, too, and yes, it gets watered regularly. I am not at all worried they will get enough water.

Now for temps... I'm glad you asked because we have some of the best summer weather ever here. Our days will be warm and on occasion even hot, but the nights always, without fail, fall in to the 50s at night most of the summer and will hover in the upper 30s and 40s through September and in to October. We usually get our first frost at the end of September, but the next week will be warm and pleasant again and that happens with a few frost threats in the coming weeks but never for long. It isn't until November that nightly temps flirt with freezing and that's when we get our first snows. So I would have to bring in my two cymbidium maybe three or four times due to frost at most. The rest of the time the temps will be safely in the upper 30s or higher.

Maybe I'm fooling myself but I figure I can try on these two plants and see how it goes. I've had much better success with my Asian cymbidium that I ever thought I would and to my knowledge the culture is the same.

My experience with SBOE is not good, sadly. I w as stoked to chat with them but in the end I just stopped emailing because the person was so incredibly rude. They have such beautiful plants and people speak so highly of them but I guess I got them at t he wrong time!


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Thanks Nikki :blushing:
This is definitely the best blooming of any of my Cyms! I'm beyond pleased with it! ;)

Aw, thank you, Bud! :blushing:
I'm thrilled with it! I hope it can bloom at least nearly this well regularly ... ;)

Sounds like it should be do-able to me! We also have summer night temps in the 50s usually. I find spikes starting on Cyms often in late summer (late August - September). Found spikes starting on one in late July last year!

Cyms can take a light frost, short periods of temps just below freezing, tho if in spike should be protected/sheltered.