Cymbedium Orchid 
Cymbedium 
Cymbedium orchids are becoming more 
and more popular in this country because 
of their ease of culture, great beauty, wide 
range of colors and unsurpassed lasting 
quality even when cut. The flower stems 
are often four feet high and carry from 
twelve to thirty flowers four to six inches 
across. An established plant will throw 
up four or more such stems at one time. 
The flowers will stay in good condition 
from six to eight weeks, and if used for 
corsage can be used many times if placed 
in the refrigerator when not in use. The 
range of colors cover white through 
cream, yellow, orange, brown, pink, green 
and combinations of these colors. In the 
species the color is fairly constant, but in 
some of the hybrids there is a wide varia- 
tion of color between different seedlings 
so that it is rather difficult to describe the 
color of any one hybrid. However, they 
are all interesting and lovely. 

