Introduction to Yanzhou Caiyun Chinese Cabbage and Cymbidium faberi Varieties

Classic Cymbidium faberi variety Cymbidium faberi new flower [Yanzhou Caiyun] common name: Chinese Cabbage; first appeared at the first Nanjing Cymbidium faberi Exhibition in 2006, at the exhibition it was called "Xiaxian Piaoxian", and today orchid growers mostly call it "Yanzhou Caiyun". In Yanzhou Caiyun, the petals (peng), lip (she), and sepals (ban) are all transformed, belonging to the petal-form category; it is a multi-art variety of the Piaomen narcissus type combining compound rims and yellow flowers; the flower shape of this variety resembles the old variety "Duoyun", with waves turning and clouds dancing, except that the pale yellow five petals are inlaid with green compound rims, and the golden-yellow color expressed by the leech sinews in the petals of this flower forms a strong visual contrast with the green of the outer petals; neither plum nor lotus nor narcissus nor plain nor odd, Yanzhou Caiyun, with its unique and unprecedented flower form, makes it difficult even for professionals to determine its petal type, and its influence in the domestic orchid world is gradually rising. "Yanzhou Caiyun is a remarkable flower, and its flower form belongs to a new school. The green edging of Yanzhou Caiyun forms a great contrast with the yellow petals, and together with the bright red lip spots, it makes the flower highly ornamental.