A Big Season for Cymbidium Orchids
The California coast is already a beautiful place, and Cymbidium orchids make it even better. Since we moved to Pacifica several years ago, we’ve acquired more of them. Dave occasionally brings a nice one home from the grocery store. Usually they bloom in different seasons, but this year they all decided to flower over the winter. For a little while, I had 10 plants in bloom at once.
Cymbidiums are great outdoor orchids for the San Francisco Bay Area. Many of our neighbors keep them in their gardens. Some hybrids may bloom more than once annually. Warmer growing varieties are available for those who don’t enjoy our cool nighttime temps, which they need to flower.
The final row of photos below features my favorite new Cymbidium. This is Cymbidium tracyanum, a species native to mountains in China, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. I received divisions from a friend last year when I helped her repot a large, old plant. I didn’t expect it to bloom so soon, but it’s gracing us with three spikes full of spectacular, fragrant, 5-inch (12.7 cm) wide flowers. It’s a superb harbinger of spring.
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