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This is an image of the black plastic cap for C. goeringii. It reads Flower bud protection cap. It is 12 cm tall, with 1.3cm diameter. I just use this as a template to make the aluminum foils. One size fits all.

When the buds start to elongate (from mid Feb onwards), the stalk can be higher than the aluminum foil, when that happens, you just need to make a taller aluminum foil. Below is a picture of C. goeringii "Mangetsu" (March 2021) during flower stalk elongation. At this stage, it is still covered...

IMO, no. there is something about the mix. I have seen some C. ensifolium C. sinense, and C. goeringii grown in other materials. The plants look bushy but never blooms. The roots in alternative mix are not as long as the plants grown in the Japanese Mix. Also, when C. goeringii are grown in...

There is no such thing as a flower stalk at this point. Right now, the flower bud is only 3cm-5cm tall and will remain this way until 1 month before it blooms. The flower stalk only starts to form about 1 month before it blooms (stalk formation is between mid to end of February). So from now...

C. goeringii basic colour (wild type) is green. Flower colour mutations occur and the Japanese has been collecting these types of C. goeringii for hundreds and hundreds of years (they have been over collected in Japan, so it is very rare to find a C. goeringii that has a coloured flower in...

Cymbidium goeringii "Gyoku-ei" (Japanese) 日本春蘭「玉英」。It's time to check the buds. There are 2 buds this year. Stage 1 shading is finished, the flower buds are whitish. The smaller bud came out later than the bigger bud, so it still has a few more weeks to go before it reaches 3cm-5cm in size. The...

Cymbidium goeringii "Fuji no Yuubae" (Japanese) 日本春蘭「富士の夕映え」It's time to check the flower buds. This year, the plant produced a very beautiful snow-white bud, so stage 1 shading was very successful. Now, it's time to continue shading the bud with aluminum foil. The aluminum foil is only removed...

Cymbidium goeringii "Tama no Yuubae" (Japanese), 日本春蘭「多摩の夕映え」Time to check the buds. Stage 1 shading is complete, now it's time to continue shading with aluminum foil. The buds are between 3cm-3cm tall now. It will remain this way 1 month before it blooms in Spring 2022. The aluminum foil is...

Cymbidium goeringii "Kourin" (Japanese) 日本春蘭「光琳」: Stage 1 shading is completed with a white flower bud. Now, it's time to continue shading the bud with an aluminium foil, remove the foil 2 weeks before it blooms next spring (spring 2022). The bud must go through vernalization (0C-10C at at all...

yes, bloomed 4 flowers 2 years in a row. Cannot bloom it forever. C. goeringii are delicate, this is a routine procedure done at the end of the summer/early fall. I had to do this to 2 of the plants this year. The other ones with buds are fine.

I only grow Cymbidium goeringii because it is probably the most challenging to grow and bloom. I only grow C. goeringii because it is the smallest (size wise). Also, C. goeringii appears to be the most mysterious one to the Western world. My Taiwanese East Asian Cymbidium vendor told me that if...

This C. goeringii variety is very floriforous, produced 8 flowers April 2021 and 3 flowers April 2020. This year, produced 4 flower buds. To save energy, as recommended by my Japanese Cymbidium vendor, I decided to pluck all 4 flower buds, so there will be more new vigorous new growths next...

This C. goeringii variety is very floriforous, produced 4 flowers April 2021 and 4 flowers April 2020. This year, produced 3 flower buds. To save energy, as recommended by my Japanese Cymbidium vendor, I decided to pluck all 3 flower buds, so there will be more new vigorous new growths next...

KyushuCalanthe Fuku no hikari (福の光）is a traditional orange flower variety and I would avoid this one. It is known that this particular variety is hard to bud, so you will have a bushy plant, but with little to no flower buds. This variety is well known for this problem (described in many...

When the buds are shaded, the flower sheath will be white/pink in colour. That's how you know you are going to get the correct vibrant colours from these flowers. If the flower sheath has a tint of green, then that means the colours will be muddy. BTW, all these plants are budding again (end of...

Here are my collection of Japanese Cymbidium goeringii, all plants are grown in Toronto, Canada.　These were the 2021 Spring blooms. They are all budding again now towards the end of the summer (August 2021), and will bloom again next March-April. Cymbidium goeringii (Japanese): Fuji no Yuubae...

When potted correctly, the newest pseudobulb should be 1/3 to 1/2 burried. The new growths just start deeper every year (potted 2.5 years ago, so need to be repotted next spring) so that's why it's deep. If the whole pseudobulb is 100% exposed sitting on top of the potting mix (like you would...

Botany Boy: I have seen your website. Yes, I know, the flower buds will come out of the soil by halloween and the size will be 3cm-5cm and just sits there and do nothing until the spring (from Halloween to Feb/March, do nothing). During this time, you have to make sure that the flower buds...

Cymbidium goeringii Fuji-no-Yuubae 日本春蘭「富士の夕映」: A quick mid summer check. The plant came half dead 3 years ago. One of the mature pseudobulbs initiated flower bud formation. The flower bud formation is right on time 3 years in a row!! The flower bud is coming out from the base of a mature...

Cymbidium goeringii Kourin 日本春蘭「光琳」A quick mid summer check. I noticed that one of the new growths is coming out from a very old pseudobulb (at least 5 years old). This plant came half dead 3 years ago. When they are well grown and happy, they grow at a steady speed every year, including new...