From Paphiness on eBay in November 2018. Originally a product of Orchid Zone, he scooped up the batch and grew them out. Never had seen an orange Cymbidium before so I pounced. This plant has led me a merry chase through moss to bark to LECA just to try and keep it alive; this past spring I was sick of its years-long threat to brown and die (to say nothing of refusing any attempt at a bloom) so I stuck it outside in its LECA and ignored it, it sat on the ground. Got full of slugs. I watered it with used water from other orchids or the hose. Pot got full of algae, slugs throughout. I figured it was a loss…then I saw a sturdy spike. Shocking. Of course I hauled it out of that pot, trimmed the roots, washed/peroxided all, boiled the LECA…that spike took 4 months to open and just yesterday the other 3 buds fell off for no good goddamn reason but behold, adorable mini Cymbidium “Peachy Keen.”
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