I do notice even up here- people who have them,tend to have A LOT of them. They stand out with large pots of them winding around porches.

I have a few in my back yard..all badly need to be repotted- overgrown.

I haven't spotted a September blooming Cymbidium. I bet its bloom time last longer then a winter type. I bought one that was in bloom in early summer and in full bloom that lasted for another month.

Very pretty. It looks like it could be Golden Elf, or related, which typically blooms in August-September.

A friend of mine in Sacramento has some, but his only bloom in winter, and he brings them inside temporarily when it gets too cold. Nice to know that it is a Golden Elf, since it did not have a name when I bought it. I got it at the Marina Del Rey Home Depot, which has a pretty good garden department.

The problem I have found with planting them in the ground is that snail/slugs get to them, and they are a bit safer in pots, but I still put out snail bait around them. It's so dry here, however, that we do not have many snails.

Lucky you to have an early bloomer to brighten your garden. Enjoy this week of good weather coming up.

Lars, please don't misunderstand. I said "could be" and "or related" to Golden Elf. There are so many, it is next to impossible to name them from little photos. But it does share some resemblance, and it could explain the earlier flowering. Elf is supposed to have some fragrance, but I could never detect any from mine.

some of my cyms have bud spikes , kind of early, we have had some crazy weather cold/warm, I guess enough of temperature drop to confuse the plant into sending out bud spikes.

Gyr, I sill think you are correct that it is some sort of Golden Elf. Mine has a slight fragrance, but last year, it bloomed in early December, which is why I was surprised when it started blooming two months earlier than before.

From one spike to, what appears to be, seven in the photo this year. Must be a happy cym!

It gets happy in alternate years, I think, but this is the happiest it has been so far.

Lars,is it in a pot or in ground?

That is a nice bunch of spikes, Lars. Quite a show. I love how they last, too. I was sitting at the front patio yesterday and noticed a Cyn. Chen's Ruby had snuck out a sideways spike into some other plants and it was in full bloom before I noticed. That doesn't happen very often!

All of my cymbidiums are in pots, to help protect them from snails/slugs, but I still put snail bait around the pots, just in case. My neighbors have theirs planted in the ground in their front yard, and if I put any in my front yard, I will put those in the ground as well.