Scientific Name: Cymbidium spp.

Common Name: Cymbidium Orchids

Description: Cymbidiums are available in many colors and sizes. Today they are commonly crossbred and new varieties are always being brought out. Cymbidiums are long lasting and are popular as an elegant and high-class look.

How to care for your orchids:

• The orchids should be shipped at temperatures between 40 and 50 degrees.
• Cymbidium are often shipped in water tubes and if they are kept at the above temperatures, they can last in these tubes for 20 days.
• Cymbidiums should be kept in protective sleeves as they can be damaged by rubbing one another and the stems should be cut with a sharp blade and placed in a flower food solution right away.
• The most pressing dangers to the orchids are temperatures below 40 degrees or above 80 degrees, they are very sesitive to these temperature changes.