Cymbidium Fifi

Cymbidium Fifi
Hybrid Classification Seed Parent: Cymbidium Argonaut Pollen Parent: Cymbidium madidum Genus: Cymbidium Hybrid Epithet: Fifi Binomial name Cymbidium Fifi Mrs H.Ireland Mrs H.Ireland 1964

Cymbidium Fifi is a cymbidium hybrid that blooms from late winter through summer.

Culture

Keep cool. Pot in medium fir bark or soil. Water approximately once a week in summer and about once every ten days in the winter. To avoid sun burns, keep in partial sun and medium shade.

Parentage

Generation 1

1. Cymbidium Argonaut × Cymbidium madidum

Generation 2

1. Cymbidium Argonaut= Cymbidium Alexanderi × Cymbidium Argent

Generation 3

1. Cymbidium Alexanderi = Cymbidium Veitchii × Cymbidium insigne
2. Cymbidium Argent = Cymbidium Argenteum × Cymbidium Eagle

Generation 4

1. Cymbidium Argenteum = Cymbidium Eagle × Cymbidium Venus
2. Cymbidium Eagle = Cymbidium Alexanderi × Cymbidium Gottianum
3. Cymbidium Veitchii = Cymbidium eburneum × Cymbidium lowianum

Generation 5

1. Cymbidium Alexanderi = Cymbidium Veitchii × Cymbidium insigne
2. Cymbidium Gottianum = Cymbidium eburneum × Cymbidium insigne
3. Cymbidium Eagle = Cymbidium Alexanderi × Cymbidium Gottianum
4. Cymbidium Venus = Cymbidium Holfordianum × Cymbidium insigne

Further Generations

• See: Cymbidium Veitchii, Cymbidium Gottianum, Cymbidium Alexanderi, Cymbidium Holfordianum