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... Cymbidium Vogelsang 'Eastbourne' x Tethys 'Black Magic.' A first time bloomer, from Loren Batchman of Casa de las Orquideas. A stunning, evil looking flower with a yellow base color and reddish orange overlay, some dark red spotting on the sepals and
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... I counted it one after another, and to my surprise - a total of ten flower spikes (8 staked and 2 small inflos) off my Cymbidium lowianum 'Concolor', AM/RHS, CBM/AOS. Wow, I am in cloud nine!
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... Cymbidium lowianum 'Concolor', AM/RHS, CBM/AOS. An unusual and beautiful color variant of this Southeast Asian species. Sepals and petals are clear apple green, the lip creamish white, but rather than having the characteristic red patch at front of th
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... Cymbidium Cali Night 'Geyserland' HCC/AOS, one of Andy Easton's creation from New Horizon Orchids. A cross between Cymbidium Black Forest and Cymbidium Devonianum. This is one beautiful, free blooming pendulous to arching cymbidium with an amazing ve
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... Cymbidium Pinata 'SanBar Black Hole' JC/AOS, a cross between Cymbidium Tethys and Cymbidium Khyber Pass. The biggest and the best of the Pinatas. Spectacular salmon pink flowers, with some yellow undertone, that's five inches across, with blood red sp
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... Cymbidium Mad Doctor, a cross between Cymbidium Madidum and Cymbidium Doctor Baker. Cascading sprays of amber brown flowers with some red to pink undertones, and red spotted lips. A very prolific bloomer producing up to 20+ flowers per spike and up to
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... Mom said - you have a gazillion of orchids, and yet you still have a wish list? And the answer is YES! And this happens to be one of them, Cymbidium Keiko Kageyama 'C' AM/AOS. This is a beauty through and through. No wonder it got lots of awards. Last
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... Dendrobium Delicatum, a cross between two of Australia's finest species - Dendrobium speciosum and Dendrobium kingianum. It is one very floriferous, temperature tolerant, variety. The flowers on this one are white with a hint of purple pink towards th
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... Cymbidium Red Skelton 'Raspberry Ruffle.' It's easy to see both parents, Cymbidium Sensation and Yowie Flame, in this pleasing red standard Cymbidium. A prolific variety with beautiful reddish purple flowers. The lip is white, heavily marked with burg
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... Cymbidium Moondust 'Miss Chen' from Hatfield Orchids. Buttery yellow flowers, adorne this delicious cascading cymbidium. A hybrid between two of the greats, Cymbidiums Sarah Jean 'Ice Cascade' 4N and Fifi 'Harry' 4N. A very prolific bloomer. Cool grow
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... Cymbidium Hemskar 'Goleta,' from the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate. A beautiful cross between Cymbidium Nila and Cymbidium Sussex Dawn. An incredible, clean green alba cymbidium. A very distinctive variety with tall semi-arching spikes; a robust, and a
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... Cymbidium Scallywag from Santa Barbara Orchid Estate. Perhaps this one should be called an ultra 'ultra-mini.' Fully open flowers are just under one inch in diameter and overall plant height is about 12". From the primary cross between Cymbidiums flor
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... This years GGCS CSA Cultural Award goes to my good friend and mentor, Ms. Rose. For her most lovely Cymbidium Mary Green 'Spring Wind.' A cross between Cymbidium Sarah Jean and Cymbidium devonianum. A charming tan-rose colored cascading cymbidium with
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... Cymbidium Crown of Creation, a cross between Cymbidium James Wattie and Cymbidium Tethys. Tall arching sprays of vibrant copper yellow flowers, with burgundy stripes and spots. Lip's a light yellow with deep bars of burgundy. An extremely lush, full f
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... Cymbidium Chickta, a cross between Cymbidium Ruby Eyes and Cymbidium Devonianum from the Santa Barbara Orchid Estate. A beautiful cross with pendulous inflorescences of this stunning blooming cultivar. Flowers are deep burgundy, with red spotted lip.
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... I do not have that many cattleyas in my collection. And when I do, I makes sure that they're temperature tolerant, and very cold hardy. Just like my new addition, Laeliocattleya Elegans 'Thielts.' A great cattleya that grows well with my Cymbidiums. F
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... Cymbidium Lovely Bunny 'Juliete.' Incredibly intense yellow alba flowers adorn this slightly fragrant cymbidium. A lovely cross between Cymbidium Sleeping Beauty and Cymbidium Yamba. One of my most prolific bloomers; it's just unfortunate that my moth
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... Cymbidium Lillian Fujimoto 'Irish Lass', S/CSA, AM/AOS. A very nice madidum hybrid from Cal Orchids. Inflorescences grow up and then arch gracefully over, and can have as many as 33 flowers per spike. The 3" flowers are green with subtle red overlay,
