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What is the difference in leaf type between Song Mei and Ji Yuan?

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Origin: Gulin, Sichuan. Lush green leaves shine against purple clouds, red scapes and orioles display their beauty, the plain lip stuns with tender colors, a dignified and lovely posture, Li Xun flower. Cui Hong Su, a new red-flowered variety of Cymbidium goeringii (spring orchid). The three outer sepals are green as jade, the inner segments are bright red, and red coloration covers the entire lip. The plant type is stiff and upright, 0.8 cm wide, leaves about 30 cm long, new shoots emerge deep purplish-red,...
1, the leaf uprightness of "Ji Yuan" appears stronger than that of "Song Mei"; the central leaves of "Ji Yuan" are even more upright, and at the same level of vigor "Ji Yuan" looks somewhat taller. At the same large plant size, the leaves of "Song Mei" arch and droop more than those of "Ji Yuan", forming a slanted, spreading posture, and the tips of the outer leaves can droop to the rim of the pot, while the leaf tips of "Ji Yuan" rarely droop to the rim of the pot; 

2, the leaf tips of "Ji Yuan" appear more relaxed and rarely show the tail-swinging phenomenon. The leaf tips of Song Mei are prone to tail-swinging, especially the middle leaves, most of which show tail-swinging, and it is very obvious (tail-swinging means the leaf tip twists to one side); 

3, the leaf groove shape of both "Ji Yuan" and "Song Mei" is a shallow V shape, but the two side walls of the shallow V in "Ji Yuan" are relatively flat. The two side walls of the shallow V in Song Mei appear slightly slowly convex (the side walls look curved).

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