EXOTIC beauties
Jul 15, 2019
3 minutes
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS CONNALL OOSTERBROEK
Native to the tropical forests of the Eastern Himalayas through China, Korea and Japan, cymbidiums were first cultivated by the ancient Chinese in the days of Confucius. The genus consists of about 50 species, and from these, thousands of hybrids have been bred. Cymbidiums are evergreen with long, strappy, grass-like leaves growing from thick bulb-like swellings called pseudobulbs, which act as storage organs for nutrients and water.
Each growing cycle starts in early spring, with fresh leaves
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