You can find Cymbidium blossoms made into pretty corsages and packed in little plastic boxes ready for sale in all the stores around Easter and Mother's Day. Cymbidium blooms are an excellent cut flower because they can last up to six weeks. They are the most popular cut flowers in the world. If kept on the plant, the blooms will last up to twelve weeks. There can be as many as 30 blooms or more on a single spike and are usually 2 to 5 inches in diameter.
Cymbidiums make wonderful patio plants during the summer.
In areas where the temperatures do not get below freezing, they can be grown outside year round. In late spring I place mine on my patio and enjoy them until late fall when I return them to my greenhouse for the winter. The standard size Cymbidiums can become very large and are usually not suitable for most people's homes unless they have a lot of room to spare. Smaller miniature verities of Cymbidiums are available and are perfect for your home as long as you have a bright sunny window where they can be kept. Cymbidiums are not difficult to grow if you provide the requirements that they need.