연한 녹색계 중소형 심비디움 ‘Green Honey’

A Light Green Colored Cymbidium Cultivar ‘Green Honey’ with Medium and Small Sized Plant for Pot Flower

Cymbidium ‘Green Honey’ (Cymbidium ‘A-one’x Cymbidium ‘Oji’) was developed from a cross between hybrids at the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science (NIHHS), Rural Development Administration (RDA) in 2008. A cross was made between green colored flower with red spotted lip of medium and small plant type, Cymbidium ‘A-one’ as a maternal line and pure yellow colored flower with yellow lip of small type, Cymbidium ‘Oji’ as a paternal line in 1995. The seed germination, cultivation, selection, and characteristic trials were conducted from 1996 to 2007. The line was named as Wongyo ‘F1-22’ and phenotype was evaluated 2007 as a new cultivar. The ‘Green Honey’ has light green basal color (RHS, G142A) on both of sepal and petal with red spotted lip (RHS, R53A). ‘Green Honey’ has about 11.2 flowers per flower stalk and flower size of 6.8 cm. General appearance of petals and sepals is slightly incurved shape. The plant size is medium and half-erect peduncle. Blooming was started from the middle of November (early winter) under optimal culture condition. Leaf attitude and twisting is erect and weak respectively. We expect that ‘Green Honey’ has a great potential for domestic market due to this hybrid has attractive flower color, short flower stalk length (51.5 cm) and vigorous growth.