What kind of orchid is Guanjui Chunlan? Variety characteristics and care guide
Wenshan Chunlan lotus-petal, lotus-type petal: "Guanjiu" was bought in the winter-spring of 2009 by Mr. Sun Zhengwen, director of the "Yuxi Orchid Friends Consulting Department", from a Wenshan orchid dealer for 50,000 yuan at a gamble-bud price as a dragon-root seedling with bud. The following year it rebloomed and won the gold award at the Wenshan Prefecture Spring Orchid Show, the gold award at the Yuxi Spring Orchid Show, and the gold award at the Kunming Spring Orchid Show. That year Yunnan wild...
It has won the gold award at the Wenshan Prefecture Orchid Show and gold awards in Yuxi, Kunming and other places. Due to cultivation reasons, the current surviving stock is about 20 heads.The name is taken from the character in the "Guan Ju" poem in Zhou Nan of the Classic of Poetry; guan guan ju jiu, on the islet in the river. A modest, retiring maiden, a fine match for a gentleman...
This flower is likened to a modest, retiring maiden, and also to something a gentleman eagerly seeks; it is the flower a gentleman dreams of.
Variety characteristics: This flower has a dainty plant type and beautiful leaf shape, with leaves about 12-20 cm long and about 0.6-1.0 wide. The leaf sheaths of new shoots are tender green, the leaf shape is not obviously bulging in the middle, and new shoots wrap their base tightly. The leaf sheaths and basal leaves also do not show the usual inward-curving, blunt-rounded characteristics of lotus-petal flowers. The spread leaves are flat and gently semi-arched, with a somewhat heavy crystalline quality, and due to different cultivation environments the leaf tips occasionally show a slight dragon-head raise. It blooms in early spring, one flower; 2 flowers have not been seen. Fragrance is delicate. The flower form is dignified, with a moderate length-to-width ratio. The tongue is short and round and does not curl back even after being open a long time. Grown in a natural environment, the three outer petals appear somewhat thick and roundly broad, and the flower holds well. During the bud stage under high-temperature management in a glass orchid house, it often tends to be thinner and longer. The natural bloom color is red or water-pink red, and the depth of the petal shape and color depends on the environmental temperature and light conditions.
