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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: fredg on May 21, 2015, 03:48:04 PM

Title: Cymbidium tigrinum
Post by: fredg on May 21, 2015, 03:48:04 PM

I often describe the tropical epiphytes as girl's blouse plants. Here's one that is about as tough as the epiphytes get. Easily grown in a commercial orchid compost and I do keep it frost free in the cellar under red/blue growlights in winter ( MrsG refuses to have my plants on the kitchen windowsill since my one and only Nepenthes hit the ceiling and started growing across it. That got the 'evil eye' so it is no more).
This one's not too shabby is it

(https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7791/17904091896_5751239da8_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Cymbidium tigrinum
Post by: Maggi Young on May 21, 2015, 04:57:59 PM

Great colour Fred. Size of lower /plant?

Title: Re: Cymbidium tigrinum
Post by: fredg on May 21, 2015, 06:21:59 PM

The flowers are 6cm at the widest point  Maggi. The plant is 18cm high including flowers.

Title: Re: Cymbidium tigrinum
Post by: Maggi Young on May 21, 2015, 06:38:35 PM

Thanks Fred, a dainty thing then - and so even nicer!