[OGD] Cymbidium canaliculatum green-cap time
A friend has asked me to sow some Cymbidium canaliculatum capsules for him, and I wonder if anybody could recommend a point in time to harvest them for green-capping? Thanks so much, rob't ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) orchids@orchidguide.com http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
[OGD] Cymbidium canaliculatum
>Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:53:25 -0700 (PDT) >From: michael timmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [OGD] Cymbidium canaliculatum >Does anyone know where I can purchase a Cymbidium >canaliculatum? Found several places in Australia that >export to the USA; however, the price of paperwork and >shipping is prohibitively expensive. I'd be interested >in hearing from any growers who also might either have >this plant for sale or have information regarding its >ease (or difficulty) of culture. Thank you! Michael Cymbidium canaliculatum grows freely around my part of the world, as Steve Kemp said, mainly in cracks of dead hardwood trees (we call it Ironbark it is so hard) with the roots going into the rotting heart. Since the trees are dead, there is absolutely no shade and our summer heat here is regularly 40 deg C. In winter we can get down to 2 deg. C early mornings but the daytime temp is usually around 20 deg C. We are on the Tropic of Capricorn here (equates with your Tropic of Cancer running between the tip of Florida and Cuba), so there is a high light intensity as well. The leaves of this orchid have adapted to the harsh environment and are stiff and leathery. Timber getters often cut down the dead trees and slice a section of the tree holding the plant into a block. That way they don't need to be repotted as it takes many years for this particular wood to decompose. Whether you can grow it or not depends on how much you can replicate this environment. Having said that I have seen one flower in a glasshouse in New Zealand even if the flower scape was short in length and in the number of flowers. Sorry I can't help you with a supplier in the US. Colin Hamilton Webmaster Australian Orchid Council/"OrchidsAustralia" Rockhampton, Qld. Australia www.orchidsaustralia.com You were sent here as a warning to others, weren't you. ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
RE: [OGD] Cymbidium canaliculatum
I can't comment on sources of this orchid outside Australia but I can vouch that it is generally a difficult orchid to grow. Like its compatriot, Cymbidium suave, C. canaliculatum is generally found growing on trees - often dead where the root system will grow extensively into the rotting heartwood of the host. From this it derives its food & moisture. It grows mainly inland in dry forests and in fairly exposed situations. It tends to be very water sensitive - you need to grow it fairly dry, especially in winter. Watering in winter will almost guarantee death of the plant. It also has high light requirements and intermediate temperatues. It can grow cool as long as its water sensitivity is observed and kept waterless over winter. One grower in Australia advocates changing the potting medium every other year as his method for success in keeping it going. Cheers...Steve -Original Message- From: michael timmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, 11 October 2004 7:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OGD] Cymbidium canaliculatum Does anyone know where I can purchase a Cymbidium canaliculatum? Found several places in Australia that export to the USA; however, the price of paperwork and shipping is prohibitively expensive. I'd be interested in hearing from any growers who also might either have this plant for sale or have information regarding its ease (or difficulty) of culture. Thank you! ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
[OGD] Cymbidium canaliculatum
Does anyone know where I can purchase a Cymbidium canaliculatum? Found several places in Australia that export to the USA; however, the price of paperwork and shipping is prohibitively expensive. I'd be interested in hearing from any growers who also might either have this plant for sale or have information regarding its ease (or difficulty) of culture. Thank you! ___ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids
