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Cymbidiums have been stereotyped as 'tropical' plants but they are not really as they grow up above 35 degrees lattitude in China and up in the Himalayas.
I had a bit of a nice surprise lately when a cymbidium given to me some years ago "probably one of those yellow ones" turned out to be a nice aloifolium. The
The Orchid Conservation Coalition has started a new initiative to document and bring stories of orchid habitat loss, preservation and restoration to the orchid