밝은 분홍색계 절화 및 분화용 심비디움 ‘Sky Pink’ 육성

A Bright Pink Cymbidium Cultivar ‘Sky Pink’ with Medium Sized Plant for Pot and Cut Flower

Cymbidium ‘Sky Pink’ (Lucky Rainbow ‘Randezvous’ x Lucky Rainbow ‘Lapin Hot’) 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 pink colored flower C. Lucky Rainbow ‘Randezvous’ as maternal line and bright pink colored flower, C. Lucky Rainbow ‘Lapin Hot’ as paternal line in 1995. The seed germination, cultivation, selection, and characteristic trials were conducted from 1996 to 2002. The line was named as Wongyo ‘F1-23’ and phenotype was characterized in 2007 as a new cultivar. The ‘Sky Pink’ has bright pink basal color (RHS, RP63C) on both of sepal and petal with red lip (RHS, RP59A). This variety has about 11.4 flowers per flower stalk and flower size of 6.3cm. General appearance of petals and sepals is slightly incurved shape. The plant size is intermediate having erect peduncle. Blooming is started from the middle of January (mid-winter) under optimal culture condition. Leaf attitude and twisting is erect and weak respectively. This hybrid has attractive floral arrangement, long flower stalk (53.0cm) and vigorous growth. We expect that ‘Sky Pink’ has a great potential for exporting to Chinese market. Blooming life of a Sky Pink variety as pot flower was about 60 days and that was 18 days as cut flower under room temperature (18-23℃). This new variety was suitable for using as a cut and pot flower