Cymbidium Eastern Promise

Cymbidium Eastern Promise
Hybrid Classification Seed Parent: Cymbidium Claudona Pollen Parent: Cymbidium sinense Genus: Cymbidium Hybrid Epithet: Eastern Promise Binomial name Cymbidium Eastern Promise Andrew Orchids Andrew Orchids Aug. 9, 1990

Cymbidium Eastern Promise 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 Claudona × Cymbidium sinense

Generation 2

1. Cymbidium Claudona = Cymbidium Claudette × Cymbidium Cremona

Generation 3

1. Cymbidium Claudette =Cymbidium Coningsbyanum × Cymbidium Miranda
2. Cymbidium Cremona = Cymbidium J. Davis × Cymbidium Elfin

Generation 4

1. Cymbidium Claudette = Cymbidium Alexanderi × Cymbidium Lowio-grandiflorum
2. Cymbidium Coningsbyanum = Cymbidium hookerianum × Cymbidium insigne
3. Cymbidium Elfin = Cymbidium parishii × Cymbidium Pauwelsii
4. Cymbidium J. Davis = Cymbidium insigne × Cymbidium schroederi

Generation 5

1. Cymbidium Alexanderi = Cymbidium Veitchii × Cymbidium insigne
2. Cymbidium Lowio-grandiflorum = Cymbidium hookerianum × Cymbidium lowianum
3. Cymbidium Pauwelsii = Cymbidium insigne × Cymbidium lowianum

Further Generations

• See Cymbidium Veitchii