Cymbidium Baltic Glacier 'Mint Ice'

Cymbidium Baltic Glacier 'Mint Ice' is a cultivar from the Baltic Glacier grex, bred from Cymbidium Balkis and Cymbidium parishii. It is a compact plant that produces arching sprays of elegant, pale green to mint-toned flowers with a contrasting white lip marked in red. The blossoms are medium-sized, long-lasting, and appear in abundance during winter and early spring, often cascading gracefully below the foliage. This combination of colour and form makes it one of the most popular cultivars within the grex.

The plant's growth is relatively neat, making it suitable for pot culture where space is limited. It is known for its floriferous habit, often carrying multiple spikes on a mature specimen, and benefits from cool to intermediate conditions that mirror its hybrid heritage.

Care Tips

• Light: Provide bright, indirect light; some morning or late afternoon sun helps with flowering.
• Water: Keep the potting mix evenly moist during active growth; reduce slightly after flowering but avoid drying out completely.
• Media: Plant in a coarse, free-draining Cymbidium mix such as medium bark with perlite or charcoal.
• Fertiliser: Apply a balanced orchid fertiliser every 2-3 weeks through the growing season, switching to a bloom formulation as spikes form.
• Temperature: Best grown with cool nights of around 10-12 °C and days up to 25 °C; a distinct temperature drop at night assists spike initiation.
• Repotting: Repot every 2-3 years after flowering, when new shoots are just beginning to grow.