CYMBIDIUMS IN FLOWER

Albeit only two but quite a show.

Now these two Cymbidiums blooming were achieved by leaving them out until  they had three nights of hard frost. Yes I am aware that many books state that they should not go below 7 degrees celsius at night...but I tend to ignore the accepted rules because everyone writes about what they do which is just copying what someone else has already done.

So after first surprising a few people at leaving them outside at such cold temperatures and with frost on at least three nights I have now got them to flower for the first time in several years, well since purchase in fact!

Here is a video ...

I have another surprise coming right up ...

THE CYMBIDIUMS BUDS ARE OPENING

Well at long last the flowers are slowly appearing and the first lot of buds I spotted have been overtaken. One of the two spikes on one Cymbidium has had about three buds open with a few left on one spike, The other spike has had none of the buds open as yet.

The other one is turning out to be a red Cymbidium which I thought was a Lilac Cymbidium that today I started to recall a vision of throwing that particular Cymbidium out?! Odd, but then I do have this damned condition that cuses short term memory loss. Mind you it would have been over a year ago I thrrew it out.

I was expecting one of the three Cymbidiums that were orihginally one plant to be the one with the bigger buds but these are canary yellow flowers whereas these are clearly red. I purchased the two now flowering at the exact same time, oddly enough?!

I did a little video and will do another when all the buds have opened..