Cymbidium

Cymbidium Black Silk

Hybrid 1 award

Cymbidium Mimi × Cymbidium Tethys

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Ancestry

Species Hybrid Seed parent Pollen parent

Cymbidium Black Silk

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Species composition

Cymbidium floribundum 25.0% Cymbidium lowianum 4.7% Cymbidium insigne 3.9%

Cymbidium tracyanum 3.1% Cymbidium sanderae 2.3% Cymbidium erythrostylum 1.6%

Cymbidium hookerianum 1.6% Cymbidium iridioides 1.6%

Unknown ancestry 56.3%

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Awards

HCC / AOC 1988 'Fairview'

76.70 points Exhibited by Leach F. & L. VIC 2 October 1988

Measurements

Flower size 62 × 79 mm Petals 41 × 26 mm Dorsal sepal 33 × 27 mm Lateral sepals 41 × 26 mm Lip 30 × 28 mm

Petals and sepals even 59A. Tip of labellum same tone but darker colour. Very attractive floral display with flowers of quality form and good, clear and even colour.

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Hybrids from Cymbidium Black Silk

As seed parent

Cymbidium Black Hawk × Cymbidium Street Hawk

Cymbidium Midnight Madness × Cymbidium Hot Line

Cymbidium Poquito Bandito × Cymbidium Karen Pepper

Cymbidium Raspberry Wine × Cymbidium Carikhyber

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