Introduction to the Characteristics of the Hongta Baoshi (Red Tower Gem) Cymbidium goeringii Variety
Hongta Baoshi, formerly also known as "Hong Baoshi" (Ruby), is a red-flowered Cymbidium goeringii. In November 2001, it was collected from the wild in Yuxi City and selected and bred by Mr. Zhu Yuxing, and President Deng Huaijun of the Yuxi City Orchid Association named it "Hong Baoshi". Later, a three-star butterfly Cymbidium goeringii appeared in the Yunnan orchid circle, also named "Hong Baoshi", which became quite famous. To avoid confusion with it, Deng...
Hongta Baoshi, formerly also known as "Hong Baoshi", is a red-flowered Cymbidium goeringii. In November 2001, it was collected from the wild in Yuxi City and selected and bred by Mr. Zhu Yuxing, and President Deng Huaijun of the Yuxi City Orchid Association named it "Hong Baoshi". Later, a three-star butterfly Cymbidium goeringii appeared in the Yunnan orchid circle, also named "Hong Baoshi", which became quite famous. To avoid confusion with it, President Deng renamed this variety "Hongta Baoshi". In 2004, Yuxi orchid grower (Ge Baohua) brought this variety to the North Gate of Kunming to participate in the 2nd Yunnan Province Orchid Expo and won a gold award; next it returned to Yuxi to participate in the 14th China (Yuxi) Orchid Expo and won a bronze award; in January 2006, Master Ge sent it to the joint exhibition of Eshan and Xinping counties in Yuxi City and won a gold award; in 2009, Dai Baosheng sent it to the 5th China Yuxi Orchid Exchange Fair and won a gold award, and sent it to the 9th Yunnan (Chengjiang) Expo and won a bronze award, among others.
Characteristics: This variety is robust and easy to grow; under normal cultivation and management it does not burn at the tips, scorch the leaves, or develop spots; its rate of producing new shoots is relatively high; it is not choosy about environment; and its flower color does not change due to light, potting medium, fertilizer, management, or the like.
Plant height about 25CM, leaf width about 0.8-1CM, 4-5 leaves, leaf color emerald green, fine, glutinous and glossy, with elasticity, leaf margin serrations fine and dense, leaf base groove relatively deep, leaf type semi-upright, young shoots deep purple when emerging from the soil, buds form in August and September, flowers bloom from December to February of the following year, flower bud purplish red, flowers held above the leaves, scape height about 15CM, narcissus petal type, flower rose red, marked with deep purplish red netted veins, flower delicately fragrant.
