Introduction to the Cymbidium ensifolium 'Lao Cai Die' (Jiazhou Sanxing) variety
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Lao Cai Die has tall, semi-arching leaves. The flowers are large and held well above the foliage, big blooms with many spots, not deep red but of the pink type. Both the flower form and the foliage are first-rate, but leaf variegation is very hard to produce (and that is the joy of growing orchids). Its rate of producing new shoots is good, and it is a very easy plant to grow. In my opinion, the appeal of Lao Cai Die lies not in leaf variegation but in the flowers. I compared it with Holy Fire and the Cai edition...
Lao Cai Die has tall, semi-arching leaves. The flowers are large and held well above the foliage, big blooms with many spots, not deep red but of the pink type. Both the flower form and the foliage are first-rate, but leaf variegation is very hard to produce (and that is the joy of growing orchids). Its rate of producing new shoots is good, and it is a very easy plant to grow. In my opinion, the appeal of Lao Cai Die lies not in leaf variegation but in the flowers. I compared the photos of Holy Fire and the Cai edition: Holy Fire's outer three petals are rolled back, look petty and are pale in color, while the Cai edition is too greenish-yellow and rusty-old.
