Detailed Introduction to the Cai Yuanyuan Chun Jian Orchid Variety
Cai Yuanyuan: In 2008, in Datong Ancient Town, Qionglai, Sichuan, a legendary classic beautiful lotus-petal multicolor flower was brought down from the mountain with a dragon root and flowers. With her beautiful and colorful posture, embracing tolerance and blooming, she came to us. Dressed in colorful, gorgeous and noble elegance, she made orchid lovers admire and embrace her. After reblooming for several consecutive years, she was given...
In 2008, in Datong Township, Qionglai City, Sichuan Province, on Jiuding Mountain, it was discovered by local villagers while in bloom and dug up to be taken home.It rebloomed in 2009. This flower is extremely beautiful and radiant. Everyone saw such a beautiful new variety for the first time. Afterward, it rebloomed the same way every year. Cai Yuanyuan belongs to the Chun Jian type.Leaves are tender green, semi-drooping, with soft and thick leaf texture. The leaf surface has obvious dragon-like ridges and vertical wrinkles, with characteristics of both lotus-petal and plum-petal leaf types. The leaf narrows at the tip and widens at the belly, slightly rounded. The leaf posture is elegant, broad, thick and graceful, with drooping tips; the plant shape is heavy, thick and graceful. The flower stands above the leaves. New shoots emerging from the soil are jade green with crystal red coloring. The plant type is unique with obvious recognizability.It blooms in early spring. The petals are rounded and wear gorgeous variegated colors. The flower is fleshy, thick and glutinous. The petals have a standard flower shape, flat shoulders and are round and smooth, with neon pink colors, colorful and gorgeous, magnificent and enchanting. The petal tips curve inward, with gorgeous colorful tips and deep rounded hoods as smooth and clean as jade. The tips are surrounded by a ring of crystal jade, appearing for the first time among orchids. This is truly another masterpiece of nature. The tongue is a large fringe tongue, with the tongue coating adorned with bright red ingots, brilliant and gorgeous.Because this flower has both the solid round elegance of plum blossoms and the tolerance and benevolence of lotus, combining the immortal spirit of plum and lotus, it shocked orchid lovers. Its gorgeous and beautiful colors are even more unforgettable once seen. Therefore, Mr. Zhang Zhifu named this flower [Cai Yuanyuan]. Cai Yuanyuan, colorful and variegated, with large and round flowers, implies: those who cultivate this flower will have a beautiful, colorful life, and will obtain happiness, completeness and perfection in life. In the spring of 2015, Cai Yuanyuan gradually began to be introduced and cultivated by well-known orchid experts at high prices. The current total quantity is sixty growths. It has been introduced and cultivated at high prices by eleven orchid association presidents or vice presidents. They are: Mr. Sun Junlin, President of the Qionglai Orchid Association; Mr. Yang Xiaowei, President of the Dayi Orchid Association; Mr. He Jun of the Shuangliu Orchid Association and Orchid Friends Magazine; Mr. Liu Liwen, Vice President of the Wenjiang Orchid Association; Mr. Chen Jianjun, Mr. Wu Yaxiang, Mr. Luo Yinyao, Mr. Wang Qing, Mr. Chen Xingguo, Mr. Huang Rong, and Mr. Li Shixiang, Vice Presidents of the Qionglai Orchid Association; Mr. Ye Min, a painter from Hangzhou, Zhejiang; Mr. Jin Guangzhi (South Korea); and Mr. Mao Jianming.
