What Does A Cymbidium Flower Spike Look Like

Dendrobium spike just beginning to peek out between leaves zygopetalum spike growing out of the left side of the pseudobulb a spike peeks out from an oncidium pseudobulb.

What does a cymbidium flower spike look like. This can result in non flowering the following season. Two of the plants have spikes of new growth emerging from the soil line and one has what looks like a new bulb like structure growing. Normally on most moth orchids it will probably be light green in color but in this particular plant it s reddish. The flowers can last anywhere from 8 10 weeks and they come in almost all colors except blue.

Cymbidium leaves should be a light apple green. The short reddish growth on the left of the base of the plant is a root and the growth on the right is a flower spike. New to you grow space and what do cymbidium and dendrobium spikes look like fall cymbidium and dendrobium care. Phal spike approximately 1 in length look hard.

Cymbidium sym bid ee um orchids are often used in cut flower displays as well as in corsages. Last year just after valentines day i bought 3 cymbidium plants at clearance prices. Keep it out of strong winds or very exposed positions. Take a look at the picture below.

Step under cover into my cold growing orchid. Deep green leaves may look lush but are usually an indication that the orchid is in too much shade. Don t leave flower spikes on the plant until the flowers die. If your plant fails to.

Cymbidium will drop its flower buds and ultimately drop its leaves in this warm dry atmosphere. They held those initial blooms for months and have remained healthy and happy looking under my novice care. Cymbidium orchids are often called boat orchids and the flowers are usually large in size and display a patterned lip. You can see that the root on the left is rounder and it has a uniform tip.