Characteristics and Appreciation of the Jianlan Orchid Variety Xiaomei
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Four years ago, a retired couple, while hiking (near Leiyin Temple on Mount Emei), was drawn by the fragrance of an orchid to a farmer's home, and finally discovered it on the farmhouse balcony. Having endured sun and rain, it was left with only two or three whole shoots and a pile of old backbulbs. This variety's fragrance is rather distinctive and carries far. From first smelling the orchid's scent to finally finding it, there were actually...
Four years ago, a retired couple, while hiking (near Leiyin Temple on Mount Emei), was drawn by the fragrance of an orchid to a farmer's home, and finally discovered it on the farmhouse balcony. Having endured sun and rain, it was left with only two or three whole shoots and a pile of old backbulbs. This variety's fragrance is rather distinctive and carries far. From first smelling the orchid's scent to finally finding it, there were actually more than ten li of mountain path. Its leaves are upright, about 35 to 40 cm tall and around 1.4 in width. It is an exceptionally large flower among the plum-petal forms of the four-season orchid, with a color on the white side, opening facing upward, and a rather proud and aloof flower form.
