At this time of year (Northern Hemisphere) it should be a flower spike.

jbw, on a cymbid, you can tell the difference between a new growth or a flower spike when the growth is a bit bigger than this by gently squeezing along the length of the growth. A new growth will be firm all the way along and a spike is a bit soft toward the end/tip. If it is a flower spike don't 'adjust 'the plant or repot now - let it finish flowering first. If it is a flower spike also you can put a stake into the pot and using about 2/3mm wide elastic make a 'noose' at one end of the elastic, hook that over the new tip and attach it to the stake so it slowly but gently pulls the tip upward. You will need to readjust every few days as they grow fast. If its a new growth it should turn upward by itsself and then it would be a good idea to repot the plant for the new season once you can see new roots coming from it. Also turn the pot so that growth faces the sun/light now which should help it to find its own way to growing upward.

If you are a true Cymbidium grower apart from the above fiddling you will have the plant on a turntable so you can give the plant a quarter a turn each day to make sure the blooms face all directions.
Nuts2, you forgot to tell the grower what to do if the Cym. has trailing spikes which I think Mary Green has...Lol.
I now have nil Cymbidiums and though I think most Cymbidium fanciers are mad, I admire the results and effort when I see their plants in a show.

Thanks Arthurm for your advice, I have a Mary Green 'Spring wind' and it is not pendulous (think thats what you mean by "trailing"), It generally has quite short spikes with peach/pink flowers. I too don't grow too many cymbids any more either due to the space they generally require, but a nice one with 24 blooms or so is always quite something to see. I also learned another trick in that i don't have time to go turn turntables every day, i rather suspend the plant from the roof on a fishing swivel, and any wind does the turning for me. Unless i'm repotting i don't go to the shadehouse more thantwice a week. Strange this as i thought i would have lots of spare time when i retired, but then the grandkids arrived in the world!!

Doctor Google is so unreliable! Handy hint re. the fishing swivels.

Hmm... that is interesting. My Mary Green is most definitely pendulous, with long sprays that have more than 24 blooms in many cases.

I can't rotate this one because it is fixed against a wall. But the sprays of flowers look beautiful hanging from the pot.

This is my only cymbidium and it had a rough time earlier this year as I was figuring out how much light to give it. I fried a couple of pseudobulbs off. I just noticed another growth identical to the one in photo above coming off of the other new pseudobulb so I am fairly confident it's flowers.

Thank you for the information and advice!

If you get one that is not pendulous the advice Nuts gave is what the expert Cymbidium growers do.

They have all sorts of tricks of the trade and their dream is to win the Champion Cymbidium trophy at a major orchid show. Just a dream for most because here in Cymbidium heaven the competition is hot.

WOW, I am going to have to check up on this plant I have with a label saying it is Mary Green. After all these years believing it was Mary green. Just goes to show one should checkup on everything! Have been selling many plants in the last 2 years and found many wrong names, so heres another to add to the list. Problem with these hybrids is its hard to find the correct name unless one happens to just see an identical one somewhere. Is your Mary Green a peachy colour with pink shades mostly in the centre? I have photos of most of my flowers but not for this one so sorry no pic to show you.

Sadly I don't have a pic of mine either (though hopefully I remember to post back when these flower spikes develop...) but your description sounds just right. My recollection is that the flowers are just like in the link below, although I didn't have quite as many.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mary Green

Of course, there are lots of Mary Green clones. The one benched at a Society meeting here last month was Cym. Mary Green 'Fruitful'. Going back to post 1, that plant is probably receiving too much light. Maybe all day sun through 50%
shade-cloth is appropriate for there?
Here is a pic. of a Cymbidium with a training device that expert growers use (here) , keeps the spike straight whether the spike is upright or trailing. Of course, the judging standards just say that the blooms should be nicely displayed or similar.
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That is a nice plant in your picture arthurm...

Yes, my Mary Green definitely got too much light as I was figuring things out with it. It is now in a position it seems to like -- south facing, with direct sunlight very early in the morning and shade otherwise. It seems to be growing THREE growths right now--hopefully all flowers--and I have hope that it will recover a lot of its losses next year.

WOW Arthrum, nice flowers on a nice healthy plant Thought at first it might have been Ruby Eyes x Red baron, but then can't see much colour in the throat, maybe Last Tango? Whatever, nicely grown. Jbw, yes please post a pic when you get flowers. I am no further trying to find what my plant is called.