Characteristics and Price Analysis of Yuqian Mei Huilan
Yuqian Mei is a red-to-green Huilan. On page 396 of the book "A New Edition of the Brief History of Orchids - Plus Orchid Cultivation Insights" edited by Teacher Zhu Hexing, there is an introduction about it: in early April 1988, Yu Qian selected it from a stall spread on the ground at Changqiao in Yixing, because this flower was obtained before "Guyu" (Grain Rain), Teacher Zhu named it "Yuqian Mei" ("Yu" is a homophone of "Yu")...
Yuqian Mei is a red-to-green Huilan. The price is about 100 yuan to 200 yuan per seedling.
On page 396 of the book "A New Edition of the Brief History of Orchids - Plus Orchid Cultivation Insights" edited by Teacher Zhu Hexing, there is an introduction about it:
In early April 1988, Yu Qian selected it from a stall spread on the ground at Changqiao in Yixing, because this flower was obtained before "Guyu" (Grain Rain), Teacher Zhu named it "Yuqian Mei" ("Yu" is a homophone of "Yu")... The new buds of Yuqian Mei are green with a purple tinge at the tips; when collected from the mountains, the leaves were 50 cm long, and after pot cultivation they shrank to 30 cm, with a width of 1 cm; the leaf texture is thick and hard, with a "V"-shaped leaf groove; the new leaves are slanted and upright, while the old leaves are slightly curved; ... the flower scape is 40 cm high, exceeding the leaf frame; the flower stem is green, the small flower stalks are purplish red, the flower scape is round and straight, and each scape bears 6-9 flowers; ... the three outer petals have round heads, thick texture and tight edges, the main petal is cap-like, and the two lateral sepals form a straight shoulder; ... the semi-hard pocket- shaped stamen and pistil are round, neat and smooth; the ruyi tongue. The tip of the tongue is pocket-shaped...
