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Why is the silk tree flower called the bitter love flower? An interpretation of the origin of its name
Everyone has surely heard of this flower when watching TV dramas. This flower is associated with couples, but you may not know that it also has a bitter love name. So where does this name come from, and does it have other stories?
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Why is Green Cloud called the Queen of Spring Orchids?
Breeding history: In the Yichou year of the Tongzhi reign (1869), it originated from Daqingli in Wuyun Mountain, Hangzhou, and was obtained by the Chen family of Liuxia Town, later cultivated by Shao Zhiyan, and named after his wife. Flower type: exotic flower lotus petal; the flower scape is 6-8cm tall, the bract shell is light water-silver-red with a green sand halo. The outer petals are short and broad, with angled corners and a contracted base, mussel-shell hold, and Liu Hai tongue. The petals, holds and tongue vary greatly, sometimes producing multiple petals, multiple holds and multiple lips, placing it among the exotic petal forms. Flower scape height. Plant type: new shoots are emerald green with a slight pinkish-red halo, leaves are short, broad, thick and strong, 15-20cm long, 1cm wide, leaves upright, often with rotational twisting. Leaf tips are bluntly rounded, glossy, shade-loving and fertilizer-tolerant. The foot sheaths clasp tightly and do not splay. It is the highest-grade flower among spring orchids.
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Why is the Cymbidium faberi 'Xianhe' called an exceptional masterpiece?
The Xianhe exceptional masterpiece is prized for its rush-pith stalk, multiple flowers on a single stalk, and whole plant of emerald green; its outer petals are of standard lotus form, upright and large, fleshy and thick with a waxy texture, while the inner segments are in the form of a narcissus; the flowers are neatly arranged and it even carries floral artistry. Most striking of all, the lip petals of each flower are all different - some with a fringe tongue, some with a square-notched tongue, some with a large round tongue, some with a small round tongue - giving people the feeling of "the Seven Fairies descending to earth," loved by all who see it and making them linger, truly a newly discovered treasure among green Cymbidium faberi lotus-form flowers.
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