Is Cymbidium faberi 'Lao Jipin' easy to bloom? Fragrance and price explained in detail
Petal type: Green-shell green Cymbidium faberi plum petal. History: Discovered in Fuyang in the Xinchou year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1901), selected by Feng Changjin of Gongcheng Garden in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. To distinguish it from 'Jiangnan Xin Jipin', the orchid community called it 'Lao Jipin'. Characteristics: Leaves 40-55cm long, about 1cm wide. Leaf texture thick, upright...
Petal type: Plum petal (green-shell type)
History: Selected in the Xinchou year of the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty (1901) by Feng Changsheng of Gongcheng Garden in Hangzhou. Price is around 1400 yuan to 1600 yuan per seedling
Among Cymbidium faberi, only 'Lao Jipin' must not have its pot moved after budding; moving or repotting will cause the buds to wither. So if you want 'Lao Jipin' to bloom, you must resist moving the pot.
Characteristics: The flower scape is light green, thick and upright, 40-50cm tall, bearing about 15 flowers, and when grown strong a single scape can reach 20 flowers. The pedicels are long, the three outer petals have round tips, tightly edged, with thick petal flesh; the petal tips form a spoon-shaped hood, with long feet and contracted bases, the two lateral sepals have level shoulders, the five petals are separate, with hard hooded column, and the lip is a large dragon-swallowing tongue, like the tongue shape of a dragon in mythology,
The tongue surface is covered with bright red dots, making it a top-grade green-shell plum-petal Cymbidium faberi.
Petal type: Green-shell green Cymbidium faberi plum petal.
History: Discovered in Fuyang in the Xinchou year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1901), selected by Feng Changjin of Gongcheng Garden in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. To distinguish it from 'Jiangnan Xin Jipin', the orchid community called it 'Lao Jipin'.
Characteristics: Leaves 40-55cm long, about 1cm wide. Leaf texture thick, strongly upright, with a slight leaf groove from the petiole to the middle section, gradually becoming flat from the middle section to the leaf tip. Leaf posture is slanted-upright.
The flower scape is light green, thick and upright; the flower buds split open as soon as they emerge from the soil. The mature flower scape is 40-50cm tall, generally bearing 8-20 flowers. The small flowers have long pedicels.
The three outer petals are round-tipped, tightly edged, with thick petal flesh. Long feet with contracted bases, separate petals, hard hooded column (sometimes occasionally split-head closed-back type), the lip is a large dragon-swallowing tongue, with level shoulders. The bracts are green. Jiufeng Pavilion and Chen's Shuizhu Studio purchased and planted it together. It has been listed among the New Eight Varieties of Cymbidium faberi.
