Characteristics and appreciation of the Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii) cultivar Chengmei
"A Brief History of Orchids and Huilan": "It appeared in the DingSi year of the Republic of China (1917), cultivated by Wu Youcheng of Shanghai and fostered at the Yongsheng Garden. In the summer of that year, together with Caiyun Tongle Mei, it was stolen and sold by a certain person from Shaoxing to the home of Wu Fuchen in Hangzhou. The lawsuit dragged on for half a year, yet the flower was never recovered. But when Wu Fuchen purchased this flower, he also did not know its origin was unclear, and so fell under suspicion of harboring stolen goods. Moreover, when the bailiffs searched the original orchids and huilan, it happened to be midnight, and they were damaged by kerosene - how unjust indeed." A single black-and-white photograph remains.
"A Brief History of Orchids and Huilan": "It appeared in the DingSi year of the Republic of China (1917), cultivated by Wu Youcheng of Shanghai and fostered at the Yongsheng Garden. In the summer of that year, together with Caiyun Tongle Mei, it was stolen and sold by a certain person from Shaoxing to the home of Wu Fuchen in Hangzhou. The lawsuit dragged on for half a year, yet the flower was never recovered. But when Wu Fuchen purchased this flower, he also did not know its origin was unclear, and so fell under suspicion of harboring stolen goods. Moreover, when the bailiffs searched the original orchids and huilan, it happened to be midnight, and they were damaged by kerosene - how unjust indeed." A single black-and-white photograph remains.
