A small lyon's variegated that blooms rarely, worth the wait.

A Christmas cymbidium orchid called Gillian.

Another view of Christmas Corner.

This post was edited by fortyseven on Sun, Dec 28, 14 at 14:21

I guess you had a great time on Christmas. I never have cymbidium before, they sell here about $40 on very big plant with pretty blossoms.
Thank for the photos

So what's the violet that's featured so prominently in the Christmas corner ?

Is it Rebel's Night Breezes ?

It is Lyon's Old Fashion Love. It is a small standard. That plant is 3 years old, blooms once a year around this time. It is difficult to grow, I lost several over the years before achieving success. The variegation is
dusty pink, the green is slightly silvery. The contrast is subtle.
Another difficult one to grow is Lyon's Antique-Tapestry. It has pale pink variegation. It also does not bloom often, and has lovely double pink blooms. It is also difficult to grow symmetrically.

The Apaches, the Rebels and wrangler
are easier to grow and bloom more often.
Apache and rebel have similar edge variegation, wrangler is mosaic. The two noids have slight edge variegation.
Do you have any recommendations of the double pink varieties with variegated leaves that are easy to grow?
Following are photos of pink variegated. The one not flowering between the Russians is Antique T . Looks white, is actually pale pink.

This post was edited by fortyseven on Sun, Dec 28, 14 at 21:59

This smaller grouping includes Old Fashion Love, center 9 O'clock. (The photo got rotated, if facing straight up, it is the smaller one.) Included are Rebel's coral jewel, the bright pink double in the front position. Also a couple of Apaches and a Wrangler or two. Towards the back right
is a California Noid. Flanking for scale is the Russian Ian Madam.

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Close up of foliage compared with normal dark green and light green AV foliage. This one has twice as much variegation as the one in bloom. That might be why it is so delicate. It has been under a dome to try to help it. They do better in warmer weather.

This post was edited by fortyseven on Sun, Dec 28, 14 at 14:26

Beauty goddess, Lyon antique tapestry and Old Fashion Love. The two behind it are Apaches.

This post was edited by fortyseven on Sat, Dec 27, 14 at 22:41

Thanks for posting. I enjoyed looking at all your lovely plants!

Terri

Thanks, Terri, it was a quick "class picture" for my archives so I will remember what they look like when not in bloom.
The goal was to have a grouping in that color category of various hybrids to study how each one grew.

Now, I am working on a similar grouping of light blues, with or without variegation. So far, only mouse ears, maybe by summer, there will be actual plants.

A few years ago, I originally started with purples, of course, then reds. The reds in my environment turn mostly deep pink, or maroon, except for a couple of varieties that continue to bloom true red. The next photo session will be of the double reds that are blooming more purple-pink.

Joanne