Notes - new cascading cymbidiums orchids

New exiting range of cascading cymbidiums been released by Paradisia nursery in Victoria - beautiful long arching spikes, strong vivid colors, healthy, robust plants - everything any orchid grower and collector wants to see.

To show off their beautiful blooms they need to grow in the hanging baskets so that they can cascade freely, displaying multitude of flower spikes. Below is the pictures of these new generation cymbidium orchids.

Cymbidium Paradisian "Passion"

 

Cymbidium Pradisian "Black Lip"

 

 

 

Cymbidium Paradisian Tiger "Golden Falls"

Cymbidium Paradisian Ruby "Pinky"

Cymbidium Paradisian Bell "Smiley Face"

Cymbidium Paradisian Choice Dreamer

Cymbidium orchid - Brown Beauty

Cymbidium Brown Beauty

This cymbidium orchid flowering at the moment, It’s Brown Beauty that turning out quite an interesting cymbidium.
 It came to me couple of years ago as small seedling and been growing and maturing since then. It’s been sitting on the bank bench for a while and last year developed a couple of small flowers that was difficult to judge, however this season it actually started showing it’s full potential and decided to bloom with these rich, dark brown colors. It probably needs a couple of more growing seasons to mature fully, but it shows great promise.

It’s a medium size plant, very compact in it’s structure and as all cymbidiums in our climate it flowers in our winter when not many plants are in flower, giving long bursts of color in winter time.

Cymbidium orchid Sunset Delight x Uluru Orange

Cymbidium orchid Sunset Delight x Uluru Orange

Our cooler weather brings with it anticipation seeing beautiful cymbidium orchids in flower. This  beautiful cymbidium just started it’s blooming cycle this season, it’s a cross of well known Sunset Delight x Uluru Orange.

The flowers are large, showy and the colours are luminous, dreamy and hypnotic - as if painted by the brush of a painter, one can see so many shades of orange and yellow on the petals. The lip is large, fringed with red and the plant is robust and compact.

I purchased couple of small seedlings way back because I liked the parentage and been patiently waiting for them to flower. This is a first season it bloomed, and so far I quite like this orchid. It would probably need a couple of more seasons of maturing to showcase its beauty in full.

Cymbidiums - NOID

We are in the middle of real heatwave here in Sydney with really very hot weather and very high humidity and the major task at the moment looking after all of my orchids ( as well as all other plants) is watering and misting. For my orchids it's kind of in-between season when I do re-potting and usual general maintenance of my plants and wait until hot weather is over, anticipating more beautiful blooms later on.

Here are some pictures of my late flowering cymbidiums. I have no idea of their names, some were swapped by me for other varieties, some were given to me for revival after they finished flowering but after being with me for a while all of the recovered nicely and flowered, showing off their special blooms. And after all, the world can always do with more beautiful flowers!

Cymbidium Orchid Gladys Whitesell x Bulbarrow "Gayserland"

The cymbidium orchid in the picture is another of the beautiful cymbidiums in my orchid collection. Its of intermedium size and have these delicate beautiful pink flowers. The flower petals appears as if been painted by brush strokes and dark burgundy color labellum feels velvety to the touch.

This cymbidium orchid is var Gladys Whitesell x Bulbarrow "Gayserland" and I've acquired it a couple of years ago as a mature un-flowered seedling. Last year it sent out one flower spike, but it was enough for me to appreciate its beautiful coloring and to look forward to seeing more flowers. This spring it developed six flower spikes and started showing its beauty in full glory. It kept its flowers for more than a month and I was bringing it inside a couple of times to decorate dinner table.

In late autumn I've planted it into beautiful wooden round planter to give it a setting it deserves - picture of it in full flower further down the page.

Cymbidiums are beautiful orchids and easy to grow for a beginner as well as experienced orchid collectors and they start flowering at the end of winter when not many plants are in flower, giving these bursts of colors around the garden.

Cymbidium orchid Memoria Marvin Gaye "Royale"

This cymbidium orchid variety was recently commercially released here in Australia, but I was able to get a few small seedlings some time ago and this spring couple of plants started flowering. As you can see - its an absolute stunner!

The plants are of intermediate size with really beautiful flowers - deep bronze color with bright red color labellum - the most unusual and pleasing combination. The parentage is Brook Street x Tom Thumb and this spring two of my plants developed couple of flower spikes. The plants kept their flowers for more than a month and I was able to enjoy its flowers for an extended period of time.

As my plants maturing, I am looking forward seeing more and more flowers of this variety. Cymbidium orchids are not hard to grow, they have their own basic growing requirements - plenty of moisture and fertilizer during growing time ( spring, summer and autumn), filtered light not to burn their leaves and good air movement - that's about it, but they reward you with beautiful blooms for a long period of time.

Cymbidium orchid - var “King Agate”

The Cymbidium species are quite diverse and are found growing wild over a wide range from foothills of the Himalayas to the coast of China, and as far as south as Australia. They live in a range of habitat from tropical rain forests to relatively dry conditions. Most of the cool growing cymbidiums hybrids so wildly grown today have been bred from species originating in the foothills of the Himalayas.

My cymbidium orchid King Agate just finished flowering. Its one of the beautiful intermediate cymbidiums in my collection. The flowers are nicely positioned of burnt-fark orange with dark brown color and this year it flowered with five flower spikes.

As all cymbidiums, it keeps its flowers for about a month and its a beautiful addition to any orchid collection.