cymbidium
It is the time for the annual cymbidium flowers. They spent most of the year in pots under a trellis facing east with morning sun. In October, the flower shoot stated to grow. Oh they grew ever so slowly. I staked them one by one as they grew taller. Finally they started to bloom. What a beautiful sight. The flowers may be white, pink, yellow, green, mauve or deep red with different combination of deep-colored lips. I kept all the cymbidium in the east-facing corner under a trellis. I watered them once a week except winter time. I used fine fir bark/perlite (1/1) as the growth medium. They seemed to like to the medium, although I probably could fertilize more since not every plant bloomed every year. However, I have enough of them, there are 8-10 plants flowering each year. The cymbidium flowers lasted a long time on the plant. The flower spkes almost are very good cut flower lasting 2-3 weeks in water. Overall, they are wanderful, beautiful and easy to care. I only wish