Cymbidium hybrids are very popular in cooler climates, they are soft wooded perennials and many of them are epiphytic.
They have a clumping habit and strap like leaves. The arching stems can grow up to 1m long and bear sprays of up to 30 coloured flowers. There are many cultivars and the flower colours include white, cream, yellow, green and mauve.
The flowers appear in late winter and spring and are considered to be the most graceful and complex of all flowers which can be up to 15cms across, though there are also miniature hybrid flowers around 5cms wide.
Prefer dappled sunlight and well drained coarse soil, they will grow in pots on shady patios, under trees or inside in pots.