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Where can I buy Cymbidium faberi 'Zhenxianhe'? Looking to purchase authentic orchid seedlings

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Origin: Mount Emei, Sichuan. Green stems and green flowers, tall flower scapes, exceptionally numerous and exceptionally large blooms, with vivid red spots on the lip. It is a superior-grade lotus-form narcissus type.
On May 19, 2011, Mr. Luo dug up two seedlings of wild Cymbidium faberi (Huilan) within Luodian. The leaves are slanted and drooping, with the outer leaves half-drooping; the leaf width is medium, generally about 0.8 cm wide and about 45--100 cm long; the leaf blades curl slightly inward, that is, the leaf groove is shallow, and the serrations along the leaf margins are fine and dense. The leaf sheaths are long and broad, and the leaf bases are tightly rolled. On March 26, 2012, it bloomed for the first time. The three sepals are halberd-shaped (sepal tips pointed, tightly edged, with a finely constricted base), with small lotus-style mussel-shell petals (Bangke peng); green scape and green flowers, level shoulders, trailing tongue. The flower form is upright and remained unchanged for more than 30 days in bloom, the tongue did not roll back, and it held its bloom extremely well. The center is of standard form, making it a unique and rare variety among floating-door narcissus types. Mr. Luo named it himself: "Qiuzhen Xianhe" (Seeking Truth Immortal Lotus). Unfortunately, no photos were taken! To behold the immortal lotus's bearing, one can only wait for it to bloom again next year. At present, there are only three plants in the whole world. This lotus variety's inner and outer whorls are extremely natural and harmonious, fused into one integrated whole; the elegant foliage and flowers complement each other and enhance each other's charm. The three outer sepals have finely constricted bases and greatly expanded angles, presenting a lotus form; the sepal tips have sharp points, the margins curl slightly inward, and the three outer sepals naturally lean forward in an embracing posture. The leaf sheaths are rather thick and tightly clasp the leaf stalks. The sepal texture is thick and glutinous, and the sepals are like immortal spirits among the clouds, elegant and free, carefree and at ease, combining softness with firmness and firmness with softness, possessing great "bone strength" without losing an elegant, dynamic quality; level shoulders, mussel-shell petals, a large Liu Hai tongue, thick in substance, short and small, with brilliant red spots on the tongue. The flower holds extremely well, the center is perfectly round, the lip is round, neat, tight and upright without curling, and the column is small and exquisite, with clear spirit and ample charm, dignified and beautifully refined. 
Appreciating this flower from aesthetic principles: the petals divide evenly "into three" from the center, radiating outward and forward, and the tip point of the petal (the main sepal) exactly connects with the tip points on both sides (the two side sepals) to form an equilateral triangle with a sense of balanced symmetry, as steady as "Mount Tai" -- standing like a pine, sitting like a bell, moving like the wind. This is also the highest realm that orchid lovers and orchid appreciators should pursue. If a circle is drawn from this, it resembles a large circle, exactly echoing the charming small circle of the center from afar, coexisting harmoniously and accompanying each other. Judging this lotus by the elements of a standard petal-type flower, such as "form, color, posture, charm, spirit, and fragrance," one may strictly define this lotus as follows: its beauty lies in its verdant green, its excellence in its uprightness; its mystery lies in the petal tips, its ingenuity in the embracing posture; outwardly separated but inwardly united, form broken yet meaning connected; loose outside and tight inside, the inside and outside corresponding; its difficulty lies in being round and smooth, its importance in elegance; its rarity lies in its clear fragrance, its preciousness in its spiritual vitality; stability contains change, and change conceals stability, truly achieving an excellent aesthetic posture and extraordinary temperament that is both varied and balanced -- elegant without losing steadiness and nobility, dignified without losing lightness and beauty, quietly refined without losing splendor and allure, clearly fragrant without losing profundity and mellow purity. 
The sudden emergence of Qiuzhen Xianhe can be called a new representative superior-grade lotus-petal Cymbidium faberi; it is truly not easy to come by! Many in the orchid world seek it, yet it is beyond reach! It can only be encountered by chance, not sought! That Mr. Luo could form such a bond with this immortal lotus is truly because he usually loves orchids as he loves his wife and cherishes orchids as he cherishes friends.

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