Cymbidiums...
I decided not to have the same level of detail on Cymbidiums as I have on the other species in this section.
Rather than individually identify them with numbers and separate pages, I'll discuss them by group.
As of July, 2001, I'd been remarkably unsuccessful in raising cymbidiums to bloom.
However, after the great repotting of 2001 and the incorporation of the "Ivan" orchids, things seem to be going better - the operative term seems to be "more light - less water - regular feeding"
Drop me a line if something is unclear, or if something isn't working right.
Thanks!
-- je3
Last Update: April 11, 2004
Last Update: 4/11/04
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Cymbidium
"Gift Orchid"
Received with blooms in 12/99, we repotted it and it hasn't bloomed since-
repotted again in June, '01with fir bark. It's grown well since then, getting
strong morning light until about noon. We're hopeful for success this winter...
And Behold! - the Cymbidium Bloom photos to the right
(dated 1/9/02) are from this reinvigorated plant.
In spring of 2003, we also got 4 or 5 nice spikes from this plant.
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CYMBIDIUM
PROJECT - 6/01
These photos
are from the Cymbidium repotting project undertaking in late June, 2001.
Click on the these to see a larger version.
The original plants came from my mother's house, and had been living on the north side of her home, underneath bottlebrush trees. They were in large 18 - 20 containers, and most of them had become extremely crowded in those pots. These first two were about 60% backbulbs.
Imagine
my surprise when I upended the first one and out came the plant in a 10"
plastic nursery container. It wouldn't budge from that, so I cut it off.
More astonishment continued as I found no medium in the container whatsoever. This first photo was taken immediately after removing the plant. There was no cleanup of the area whatsoever.
I
got down to the business of detangling as much of the root ball as I could,
before digging in with the garden shears. (flame-sterilized). This is what
I ended up with after snipping of all the obviously unhappy root-bits.
They
all were planted in suitable containers (plant taking up about half of the
container) in a mixture of about 90-95% fine fir bark and the remainder Vermiculite.
Ended up with four separate plants.
The
next plant that I upended was even more root-compacted. This one was in an
8" clay pot that could only be broken off. A number of roots had grown
over the outside of that pot. Again, there was no medium to speak of. This
plant also divided down into four plants, although one of them ended up in
a deep 6" plastic nursery container.
I'm not sure if I got any separation photos of this one, as I undertook this part of the project in the evening, and it was geting dark.
Both of these
first plants will be getting Dyna-Gro "Liquid Grow", "ProTekt"
and "KLN Root Hormone" for a month, and then I will back off the
"KLN" and have regular "Grow/ProTekt" feedings. I have
more specific feeding information
if you want it.
The third plant had been growing in a medium of what seemed to be potting
soil, and had very bad root structures. The original root ball was intact,
but still held the shape of whatever it had been in. It was basically rotted.
The plant had thrown out some new roots to the edge of the pot, and I tried
hard to maintain them. It took a long, long time to sluice and pick out all
of the dirt which was caught up inside the roots. I ended up with four plants
from that one also, two of which were placed in 6" plastic nursery containers.
I marked these for "Root RX" and plan to keep Dyna-Grow KLN in their
feeding for about two months.
My mother came across a couple of pictures of the last time that these two plants had bloomed - February of 1998: (click to see a larger version in a new window)
So, I guess it should be pretty obvious which of the plants the "offspring" came from.
Cymbidium
Blooms - 1/9/02
This
is the cymbidium shown at left, received as a gift.
Cymbidium
Blooms - 4/8/02
From the "Ivan"
Cymbidiums. This is one of the more dramatic blooms.
Cymbidium
Blooms - 4/03
Out back
The "Array" - The Tiger Stripe shows its colors - Bright Yellow
at morning
"Children" Of Mom's White Orchid
In
Front
"Gift Orchid" and the "Children" of Mom's Pink orchid
Cymbidium
Array - "At Rest" After a Repotting Session - 9/03
Out back
