Gold Coast (Necktie Flower) Cymbidium lianpan Variety Introduction
It belongs to the Cymbidium lianpan fine-leaf genus, with an intermediate leaf type; the leaf margins have slight serrations near the tip, the pseudobulb is elliptical, the leaf sheaths are tight, the leaf surface has a Y-shaped groove, and the roots are thick and strong. After the plant matures, the leaf tips tend to scorch. Originally named Necktie Flower, also called Flower Within a Flower, it originated in the border area of Lanping and Weixi by the Lancang River in western Yunnan. It is the most peculiar of the true-form flowers. Its uniqueness lies in the petals...
"Gold Coast," also known as "Necktie Flower," is a colorful-centered unusual and butterfly-type flower, also called Flower Within a Flower, Butterfly Loves Flower, and Necktie Flower. It is the most representative variety of the colorful-centered unusual and butterfly-type Cymbidium lianpan. The plant height is 30-50 cm, leaf width 0.5-0.8 cm, the leaves are slanted and arching, the leaves are fine and rather long, the leaf veins are prominent, the leaf surface is V-shaped, the leaf sheaths are tight, and the pseudobulb is round. It is a true-form flower; the petals are multi-colored, edged with crystal-like white, and many flower tongues proliferate between the petals. It belongs to the multi-tongued unusual flowers, dazzlingly colorful. What makes Gold Coast so unusual is that paired small tongues grow between the petals, and at most it has actually opened as many as 38 of them! The small tongues change as the petals open; some grow larger, some do not grow, and some small tongues even grow larger than the normal tongue. At minimum, one or two pairs of small tongues grow beneath the large tongue, and sometimes they can grow on both rear sides of the petals. These small flower tongues between the petals are like starlight adorning them, exceptionally brilliant. As its flowering forms have been widely cultivated, they have received more verification (previously it did not bloom often), and this year forms of endless variety can be seen, delighting orchid growers.
[Necktie Flower], also known as Gold Coast, belongs to the Cymbidium lianpan fine-leaf genus, with an intermediate leaf type; the leaf margins have slight serrations near the tip, the pseudobulb is elliptical, the leaf sheaths are tight with a waxy coating, the leaf surface has a V-shaped groove, and the roots are thick and strong. After the plant matures, the leaf tips tend to scorch. "Gold Coast," originally named "Necktie Flower," is also called Flower Within a Flower. It originated in the border area of Lanping and Weixi by the Lancang River in western Yunnan. In the early 1990s it was collected by Tibetan people and resold to the Dali Prefecture orchid enthusiast Xie Shisheng. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan, the coastal areas of East China, Taiwan, China, and elsewhere.
"Gold Coast" is the most peculiar of the true-form flowers. Its uniqueness lies in the many paired small flower tongues growing between the petals, like starlight adorning them, incomparably brilliant. Within the tongue of a true-form flower, gorgeous and colorful flower tongues can also regenerate. The petals are an iridescent multi-color of white ground with purple-red streaks, and amid the rosy clouds there is a lace-like crystal edge surrounding them. It truly astonishes and amazes people, who praise Gold Coast as the supreme work of Cymbidium lianpan. After this flower's peculiarity, beauty, excellence, and elegance won the Special Prize at the 2001 Yunnan Province Orchid Grand Exhibition, orchid enthusiasts described it as the highest masterpiece, divine grade, and immortal grade of Yunnan orchids across the century - what fitting descriptions.
