Cymbidium Orchids 2023

Here are few of the best flowering Cymbidiums this year:

Cymbidium Mem. Marvin Gaye ‘Royale’

Cymbidium Mary Green ‘Copper Pot’

Cymbidium Lowio-grandiflorum

LC Wakayama ‘White Wedding Song’

It bloomed two spikes each with a couple of flowers this year. The blooms only lasted around 4 weeks. Our living room has two large windows facing east and west so it is always bright and the orchid loves it.

Coelogyne lactea Orchid

I bought this orchid about 4 years ago. I just love the look of the small white flowers. It was grown in spagnum moss, so after finished flowering I split it into two and replanted them in two new pots by using orchid mix. The say that Coelogyne orchids hate to be disturbed and it will take a long time to recover. Well only recently one of them grew flowers.

Den. Speciosum var Pedunculatum ‘Genesis’

I bought this Dendrobium spesiosum var. Pedunculatum ‘Genesis’ at the Native Orchid Show in Mt. Waverley. It has 3 spikes with flowers still in buds when I bought in September 25. To my horror it started to have bud blasts, especially on the smallest spike. Not all the buds dropped, some are managed to open.

I was thinking why this is happening. Maybe, it is not used to the new place as perhaps before it was grown in a controlled temperature in the nursery?? It is supposed to be an Australian native orchid that is easy to grow here in Melbourne area.

New Dendrobium Orchids

I went to a Native Orchid Show in Mt. Waverley and bought a couple of native Dendrobium orchids.

Dendrobium Rose Flare ‘Newbold Chunky’: I love the colour of this hybrid.

Dendrobium speciosum var. Pedunculatum ‘Genesis’ : Dendrobium speciosum var. Pedunculatum is a smaller variety which is more suitable for our small garden.

Cymbidium tracyanum False Surprise

Tuesday May 22, 2012:

Looking closely at the new C. tracyanum orchid plant, I realise that it is a big and robust species. The flower spike is tall almost 1 m long with 15 large flowers. The arching leaves are also long and thick. The big bulbs have already crowded, so after flowering I will move the plant in a bigger pot. Compared with all our other cymbidiums, it is the biggest one. I just read about this plant and it is actually native species of Southern China, Northern Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar.

Other than strong perfume, the flowers are weirdly pretty. The striped petals are mixed colours of yellow, green and dark brownish red. While the spotty white lip is kind of hairy. I keep it inside the house now to fully enjoy the sweet perfume and the exotic beauty. I read that quite a few hybrids available and I am not sure which one is mine….. it could be Cymbidium tracyanum ‘ Atlantis’.

Here in Melbourne, Cymbidium tracyanum orchids are rarely available. I feel so lucky to be able to buy one.

May 2022:

Zygopetalum maculatum 2022

Months after moving house, finally I had time to check on my orchids. I started with the Zygopetalum maculatum. Dusty leaves needed to be cleaned and dried leaves and stems were trimmed off. To my surprise they are having flower spikes. One pot is having a couple and another one is having one.

Den nobile Yukidaruma ‘King’

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A slug left a large deep hole on the cane. Being stressed, it is growing thin and crinkly, yet it has managed to flower. The spike with 2 blooms strangely grows a couple of roots. How odd it is, it does not stop me from appreciating the pretty blooms, clean white with contrast mysterious dark purple throat. The milky white sepals and petals are thick and the fragrance is so sweet and lingering.

Dendrobium Yukidaruma ‘King’ – Keiki Flowers

Not long after I bought this Dendrobium nobile Yukidaruma ‘King’ last year, I found that the two new canes each had a large hole. They were eaten by slugs. Now a year later, one of these damaged canes is having flower buds. The strange thing is that on the base of the flower spike a couple of roots are forming. I think it is the way the plant try to get extra nutrition? The large hole on the cane makes less nutrition to reach the flowers. These two canes never grow fat and healthy, instead they look kind of thin and crinkly.

Cane with a large deep hole, was once eaten by a slug

Later when the flowers are done, I wonder what will it be? Will it grow leaves?

Dendrobium nobile 2020

Dendrobium nobile ‘Star Sapphire’: One year later after been bought at the Orchid Show in Cranbourne, it has grown more canes and now is flowering nicely. Love the shimmering purple colour.