What is Jinzhi Yuye Qiuzhi? A introduction to its variety characteristics

 Speaking of this Qiuzhi with central variegation, I have to start from June two years ago, when I was already especially fond of Qiuzhi and Songchun. One day in June, a friend who dealt in orchids called and told me he had gotten a top-grade Qiuzhi with central variegation, the kind rarely seen in many years. Hearing that, I could not hold back my excitement and immediately asked for leave and rushed over. At first sight, my heart raced; there is no need to say more, as many orchid friends must have felt that feeling when seeing a flower they like very much. But when I asked the price, my heart sank (my salary at that time was only a little over two thousand, and I still had to pay the mortgage every month). Was it going to slip past me just like that? With a sense of loss, I did not even know how I got home. The following week was truly torment, and I truly experienced that feeling of being haunted by it, unable to eat well or sleep steadily. Rather than being tortured so painfully, I might as well make a firm decision - a good orchid is something you meet by chance, not by seeking, and money can be earned later. Heaven blessed me, the orchid was still there, so I dialed the number, and it was also fated that this flower had a connection with me; the orchid was still quietly waiting at his home for me to marry her and bring her home. After some difficult negotiation, my friend insisted on keeping one old clump for breeding, and I got one strong leading shoot with one bud (at that time the total amount was only one old clump, one strong seedling, and one bud). Later his old clump produced two toothpick-thin small shoots, but he sold them too. Mine now has four large seedlings, and the total amount is at most six heads.

After many days of thought and suggestions from friends, this flower is now officially named Jinzhi Yuye. Its meaning is:

      1. The last character of my wife's name is Zhi (meaning Zhilan grows in a secluded valley), and the last two characters of my name are Yujin, so it is named Jinzhi Yuye, as the lucky clover of our love.

     2. Jinzhi Yuye also means that this plant is rare and precious.

The characteristics of this plant are: broad leaves, tall plant type, beautiful leaf shape, and the overall imposing manner does not lack soft beauty; the central variegation leaf art is very stable, and after the small shoots emerge they are already very stable central variegation art (this one does not jump in variegation like many other leaf-art varieties, where some are good and some are poor), and the green edge and green cap are large, with obvious contrast in the art color. Every generation of mine is stable central variegation, and my friend's two small shoots at that time were also central variegation art; I saw them.

The floral art characteristics are: the flower bud emerges very small, and as it grows taller and the buds line up, the buds gradually grow larger and begin to color. Two or three days before blooming, the color becomes a very good-contrast red and green. When light exposure is poor, the red colors slightly less. The overall stem is thin and the flower is large. The flower stem is as thin as a toothpick, the stem color is crystal-clear like jade, the flower color is bright, the contrast is high, the lip is large and the color is good, the flower shape is upright, the flower stands above the leaves, the bloom is soft and gorgeous, and it does not lack imposing manner within its nobility. The fragrance is extremely good.