A brief introduction to the variety characteristics of the Cymbidium tortisepalum 'Jianyang Butterfly'
Jianyang Butterfly is a variety of Cymbidium tortisepalum (Lianban orchid), named because it was cultivated at the Jianyang Orchid Garden and its petals have become butterfly-like (petaloid). It was originally called Diangong Hua Lianban. It originates from the mountain slopes on the Jianchuan side of Laojun Mountain, at an altitude of 4247 m where Jianchuan, Lijiang, Lanping and Weixi meet, and was discovered in 1988. It was a cluster of several seedlings, originally dug up by an orchid lover from Shaxi, Jianchuan. Seeing that the petals were unusual, the owner specially made a steel-bar cage to grow and protect it. Later it was bought out in one lump sum at a high price by the skilled orchid grower Li Jian for cultivation and development, and was identified as a rare butterfly-petal wonder among orchids, named Jianyang Butterfly, winning an extremely high reputation in the orchid world. Many people have cultivated it. It is a rare and precious variety among orchids. By 2001 it had grown to several thousand seedlings.
Jianyang Butterfly is a variety of Cymbidium tortisepalum (Lianban orchid), named because it was cultivated at the Jianyang Orchid Garden and its petals have become butterfly-like (petaloid). It was originally called Diangong Hua Lianban. It originates from the mountain slopes on the Jianchuan side of Laojun Mountain, at an altitude of 4247 m where Jianchuan, Lijiang, Lanping and Weixi meet, and was discovered in 1988. It was a cluster of several seedlings, originally dug up by an orchid lover from Shaxi, Jianchuan. Seeing that the petals were unusual, the owner specially made a steel-bar cage to grow and protect it. Later it was bought out in one lump sum at a high price by the skilled orchid grower Li Jian for cultivation and development, and was identified as a rare butterfly-petal wonder among orchids, named Jianyang Butterfly, winning an extremely high reputation in the orchid world. Many people have cultivated it. It is a rare and precious variety among orchids. By 2001 it had grown to several thousand seedlings.
The leaves are fine and short, curved in an arch shape, thick and hard, with deep grooves on the lower-middle part of the leaf and a flat upper part. The new shoots emerge white and red.
It blooms in late winter and early spring, with 2 to 3 flowers per scape. The flowers are white with earthy-red vein markings. The lower edges of the two lateral petals are fleshy, thick and white, with wavy twists, bearing red halos and irregular red dots and red threads, like the wing feathers of a colorful butterfly, with bright and vivid colors. When a stem of flowers blooms, it is like a colorful butterfly fluttering and lightly soaring, seeming to perch yet to fly, a beauty that stirs the heart. The flower is like a butterfly, and the butterfly loves the flower; it is truly a wonder without equal in the world.
