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Variety Characteristics and Care Methods of the Mayor Red Jian Orchid
This variety is a prolific grower and bloomer, making it a great choice for beginners! A celebrated red-flowered cultivar, with leaf posture of the intermediate-drooping type, new shoots bright red, naturally turning to their inherent color once the plant matures, and blooms of bright red flowers (more light makes the flowers redder, and conversely the color is paler), quite striking, with a proper, well-formed flower shape. It was selected in 1970 by the mayor of Keelung, Taiwan, China, and named after him. It is an old variety, and the price is...
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Introduction to the Cuiyu Mudan (Jade Peony) Jianlan Orchid Variety and Its Care Methods
Typically, the leaves are about 30 cm long and about 1.5 cm wide, with a flat leaf shape, tapering pointed leaf tips, medium hardness of the midrib, relatively shallow leaf grooves, average leaf texture, and fine dense serrations along the leaf margins. In strong plants, the leaf posture is mid-drooping; in weak plants, the leaf posture is dew-receiving, cupped upward and slanting upright. The leaf buds are purplish red, with evenly and softly distributed blush coloring on the bud sheaths. The flower buds are initially light red...
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How to control the flowering period of Cymbidium faberi? A detailed guide to practical methods
Orchid petal shapes: orchid facing-heart petals, orchid tongue-shaped petals, orchid veins, speckles, sand, halos, orchid leaf tips, flower spike arrangement, orchid leaf variegation. Leaf shapes: some wild orchids are extremely common, such as the chicken-claw type and bamboo-leaf petal type, called ordinary flowers; in orchids this generally refers to some common grasses. Plum, immortal, lotus, butterfly, colored, rare, solid-color heart, etc. are called fine flowers. The simplest way to choose good...
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Introduction to the Characteristics and Care Methods of the Guanding Cymbidium Variety
Guanding, the "Second Master" among the red cymbidiums of the eight old cymbidium varieties. (The eight old cymbidium varieties are: Dayipin, Shanghai Mei, Pan Lu, Dangzi, Cheng Mei, Guanding, Yuanzi, Ranzi.) Why is it called the "Second Master"? Because it is old and ranks second. Guanding dates from the early period of the Qianlong era of the Qing Dynasty and originated from the Wanhe Hotel in Suzhou, so it is also known as "Wanhe Mei". By...
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Introduction to the Characteristics and Care Methods of the Red Song Mei Cymbidium Variety
Red Song Mei, originally named "Red Yue Mei," was discovered in 1984 by Xu Hongyue of Tangdi, Shaoxing, at Yapu in Zhenhai. Red Song Mei has an obliquely upright leaf type, with rather firm and sturdy leaf texture, tight leaf stems, and the middle section of the basal leaves broadening into a wide belly. The leaf tips of Red Song Mei form a hood and curve upward in a dew-catching type, with pronounced narrowing and broadening, giving a sense of thickness and solidity. The central leaf is narrower than the other leaves, with a deep "V"-shaped groove. The midrib...
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Variety Characteristics and Appreciation Methods of the Rouge Lotus-Orchid
Yanzhi He (Rouge Lotus), a variety of Cymbidium tortisepalum Fukiense, is named for its color, which resembles rouge staining, and its lotus-shaped petals. It was initially called Lotus-type Pale Pink Cymbidium tortisepalum Fukiense. It is produced in the secluded valleys of the Three Parallel Rivers region of the Jinsha River, Lancang River, and Nujiang River in northwestern Yunnan. Discovered in the spring of 2001, the Dali orchid expert Huang Guisheng purchased it back from the production area at a high price for introduction and cultivation. A clump of 4 seedlings is a rare variety among orchids. Orchids...
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Variety Characteristics and Care Methods of Guanchun Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii 'Guanchun')
In the 30th year of the Guangxu reign (1904), it was dug up from Siming Mountain by Feng Changsheng, later identified and named by Wu Enyuan, and cultivated under Wu. New shoots are purplish-red, leaves 20-28cm long, O.8cm wide, leaf color dark green without gloss. Leaf posture is slanted-upright. The flower scape is slender, equal in height to the leaf surface, the flower stalk is purplish-red; the bract shell is silver-red, marked with purple-red veins. Outer...
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Introduction to the Characteristics and Care Methods of the Chun Yipin Cymbidium goeringii Variety
: Narcissus petal form. : Selected during the Bingyin year of the Tongzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty by a person surnamed Yao from Shanghai, hence it is also known as Yao's Chun Yipin. : The three outer petals have rounded heads with angled tips, slender stalks with contracted bases, level shoulders, deep soft Guanyin pocket-shaped petals, separated chambers, and a large round lip. The flower color is pretty and lovely; when in full bloom the three petals stand upright, and the flowering period is long. The bracts are deep purple; the leaves are obliquely upright, dark green in color, with slightly blunt leaf tips.
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Introduction to the Characteristics and Appreciation Methods of the Zhenpin Huilan Variety
Also known as "Zhenpin Mei," it was selected in 1930 by He Gengquan of Wujin, Jiangsu, and named Gengquan Mei at the time; in 1941, after Mr. Xie Ruishan of Suzhou cultivated it and it bloomed again, because its flower shape and bearing were of a rare variety, it was given the new name "Zhenpin"; afterward the orchid world also called it "Dicui" (it shares the same name as but is a different plant from the "Dicui" that was lost by the end of the Qing dynasty...
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