It's a lazy hazy summer with new cymbidium growths making good progress. The last cymbidium season gave a moderate number of spikes but very clean, bright colors and good flower size overall. The rains in late winter and spring were really well spaced (every week to 10 days) and the cymbidiums loved all the good water.
We observed less than usual damage from slugs, snails, mites and other pests. A little physical damage from the moderate to heavy winds that came in with the rain storms. The petals and sepals showed a little bruising where they rubbed together.
The three or four day temperatures in May that touched 90 degrees did little to harm the blooms but the season ended earlier than last year.
Looking forward to the next season and trying to keep the plants in good shape and still conserve water.......no rain for us here on the coast......the inland folks got almost an inch in May from one random storm.....lucky for them.
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