Introduction to the Cuìwén Spring Orchid Variety and Analysis of Its Characteristics
Famous Cymbidium goeringii variety; petal type: narcissus petal. History: selected and cultivated by a person surnamed Mao at the Mao Rongchang jade shop in Hangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty. Characteristics: the three outer petals are round-headed with long feet, silkworm-moth-shaped column, Liuhai tongue, jade-green flower color, level (one-character) shoulder, tall flower scape. Sometimes it blooms as a plum-form narcissus.
Famous Cymbidium goeringii variety
Petal type: narcissus petal
History: selected and cultivated by a person surnamed Mao at the Mao Rongchang jade shop in Hangzhou in the late Qing Dynasty.
Characteristics: the three outer petals are round-headed with long feet, silkworm-moth-shaped column, Liuhai tongue, jade-green flower color, level (one-character) shoulder, tall flower scape. Sometimes it blooms as a plum-form narcissus.
The original text recorded in "A Brief History of Orchids" is as follows: "Cultivated at the Mao Rongchang jade shop in Hangzhou, the three petals have long feet and round heads, similar in form to Yu Mei, but not as tight and compact as Yu Mei; it is also a fine variety of plum-form narcissus."
