Cymbidium Alice and Ralph 'Patricia' 4N x Looker 'Fernbrook' 4N

Two standard-flowered tetraploid Cymbidiums with exceptional shape and color have been crossed together, and the offspring are growing well. The Looker originated at the Santa Barbara orchid estate where Jerry Fischer, founder of Orchids Limited saw an amazing plant of it sold by Paul Gripp to a Japanese nursery $7,000.00 in the mid to late 1980's. Jerry bought a flask of it at that time from Santa Barbara Orchid Estate and flowered out several keeping the best one for breeding, Expect long-lasting, peachy-orange blooms with a pleasant apricot fragrance. The last photo is with Jason Fischer holding the Alice and Ralph parent used, originally obtained from the late Andy Easton.

We expect these to reach blooming size in 2028/2029, depending on your growing environment. The third, fourth and fifth photos are of Cym. Commanche Sunset. this cross will have very similar flowers on compact plants.