Cymbidium Bengal Bay

Cymbidium Bengal Bay
Cymbidium Bengal Bay 'Golden Hue'
Hybrid Classification Seed Parent: Cymbidium Alexanderi Pollen Parent: Cymbidium Profita Genus: Cymbidium Hybrid Epithet: Cym Bengal Bay Binomial name Cymbidium Bengal Bay Stewart Inc. Stewart Inc. 1956

Cymbidium Bengal Bay 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 Profita × Cymbidium Alexanderi

Generation 2

1. Cymbidium Profita= Cymbidium Profusion × Cymbidium Rio Rita
2. Cymbidium Alexanderi = Cymbidium Veitchii × Cymbidium insigne

Generation 3

1. Cymbidium Rio Rita= Cymbidium Pearl × Cymbidium Ruby
2. Cymbidium Profusion= Cymbidium Ceres × Cymbidium Vesta
3. Cymbidium Veitchii = Cymbidium eburneum × Cymbidium lowianum

Generation 4

1. Cymbidium Pearl = Cymbidium Alexanderi × Cymbidium hookerianum
2. Cymbidium Ruby = Unknown
3. Cymbidium Vesta= Cymbidium Alexanderi × Cymbidium insigne
4. Cymbidium Ceres = Cymbidium iansonii × Cymbidium insigne

Generation 5

1. Cymbidium Alexanderi = Cymbidium Veitchii × Cymbidium insigne

Further Generations

• See: Cymbidium Veitchii