Introduction to the Yuanmei Chunlan Variety: Characteristics and Care Tips
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Selected by Shen Yuanru in 1936. The three petals are rounded where they join at the base, the petals are thick and velvety, with soft silkworm-moth palps and a small ruyi tongue, and tall, emerald-green scapes. In the black-and-white photograph in the book Orchids by Shen and his son, it is recorded: "A new flower first found in the spring of the 18th year of the Republic of China. That year the flower, frozen in the basket, did not open, and only a little more than one clump remained. After six years of deliberate cultivation by me, it finally bloomed in the spring of the 24th year...
Selected by Shen Yuanru in 1936. The three petals are rounded where they join at the base, the petals are thick and velvety, with soft silkworm-moth palps and a small ruyi tongue, and tall, emerald-green scapes. In the black-and-white photograph in the book Orchids by Shen and his son, it is recorded: "A new flower first found in the spring of the 18th year of the Republic of China. That year the flower, frozen in the basket, did not open, and only a little more than one clump remained. After six years of deliberate cultivation by me, it finally bloomed in the spring of the 24th year, producing a single flower: the three petals rounded where they join at the base, soft silkworm-moth palps, a small ruyi tongue, emerald color, velvety and thick flesh; on close inspection, its flower form may be considered comparable to the old famous variety 'Qinmei.' A fine variety indeed, and a joy to have."
