Detailed Introduction to the Characteristics of the Ruidin Spring Orchid Variety

Ruidin: A Spring Orchid, a rui butterfly type, a famous variety.  History: In 1989, Tang Qin of Yixing, Jiangsu, went to Zhoushan, Zhejiang, where it was collected from the wild. In March 1991, this flower went to Shaoxing to participate in the 1991 China Spring Orchid Exhibition and won the gold award in one stroke. Yang Dechi named it "Ruidin".

Characteristics: New shoots are green with a red blush, leaves are 30 cm long and 0.7 cm wide, the leaf surface is flat and smooth, and the leaf posture is semi-pendant. The flower scape is 15 cm tall, the green flower stem is slightly tinged with purple, and the bud sheath is quicksilver red. The three outer petals are lotus-shaped bamboo-leaf petals, with angled tips and narrowed bases; the flower color is emerald green, and there is a red striped mark in the center of the main petal. The most notable characteristic of this flower: the two column petals are completely lip-petalized, forming broad triple "tongues"; the pure white tongue surface is adorned with brilliant red blotches and also contains yellow-green, and all three tongues curl backward, a trait that is quite stable.