CSA-Journal-2016-04
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Fangon is a cross of Cymbidium Sunday Romance<br />
with Cymbidium parishii [New Horizons<br />
2013]. Cymbidium Boon Bryson is<br />
a cross of Cymbidium Gladys Whitsell with<br />
Cymbidium Gordon Gibbs [New Horizons<br />
2009]. And Cymbidium Shinning Parish is<br />
a cross of Cymbidium Kusuda Shining with<br />
Cymbidium parishii [New Horizons 2011].<br />
I also think that some interesting<br />
parishii/sanderae hybrids are currently<br />
being made with modern hybrids. Case in<br />
point, George Hatfield is making crosses<br />
such as Cymbidium parishii ‘Mem. Emma<br />
Menninger’ x Cymbidium James Toya<br />
and Cymbidium parishii ‘Mem. Emma<br />
Menninger’ x Cymbidium Aunty Violet.<br />
I have made several crosses with<br />
Cymbidium parishii “Mem Emma<br />
Menninger” 4N as a parent. One is a cross<br />
with Cymbidium Valley Zenith ‘Glen Avon’.<br />
I hope to get a much improved Cymbidium<br />
Western Movie. The spike should be taller,<br />
the flowers an apple green color, and the<br />
flower count should 10 to 12. Another of<br />
my crosses is Cymbidium parishii/sanderae<br />
with Cymbidium Helen Tangcay. This will<br />
have long spikes of 12 to 15 flowers in a<br />
light to medium pink color.<br />
So what does the future have in store<br />
for us? Luckily, new plants of Cymbidium<br />
parishii/sanderae are being found in Viet<br />
Nam and Cambodia. And with the opening<br />
of tourist trade in Myanmar [Burma]<br />
we might see plants from the original<br />
collection area where Rev. Parish found his<br />
plants all those years ago.<br />
Wm. Jeff Trimble is the<br />
past president of <strong>CSA</strong><br />
and current president<br />
of the Peninsula Orchid<br />
Society of San Mateo,<br />
California. He has been<br />
growing orchids since<br />
1974 and currently<br />
occupies a large<br />
unheated greenhouse<br />
in Pacifica, California<br />
overlooking the Pacific<br />
Ocean.<br />
Cymbidium parishii<br />
'Mem Emma Menninger x<br />
Cymbidium James Toya .<br />
photo Geroge Hatfield<br />
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