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Zebra Cold Orchid Variety Introduction and Care Methods

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Guangxi Cold Orchid famous variety "Zebra", a classic representative work of bicolor Cold Orchid flowers! On October 15, 2002, it was collected in flower from the mountains of Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, by Zhou Jingneng, an orchid enthusiast from Jiahui, Gongcheng. When collected from the mountains, the plants were very damaged and the roots were also poor, with a total of five growths bearing one spike of flowers. In the same year, the flower was sold for six hundred yuan to Jiang Ji..., former president of the county orchid association.
      Guangxi Cold Orchid famous variety "Zebra", a classic representative work of bicolor Cold Orchid flowers! On October 15, 2002, it was collected in flower from the mountains of Gongcheng County, Guilin, Guangxi, by Zhou Jingneng, an orchid enthusiast from Jiahui, Gongcheng. When collected from the mountains, the plants were very damaged and the roots were also poor, with a total of five growths bearing one spike of flowers. In the same year, the flower was sold for six hundred yuan to Jiang Jiquan, former president of the county orchid association. Not long after buying it, President Jiang transferred it for three thousand yuan to Liu Jie, former president of the Lipu Orchid Association. After passing through several hands, the flower finally settled in Lipu.

     When it bloomed again for the first time, the flower had evolved to be unexpectedly and exceptionally beautiful. At that time, it coincided with the Sanya, Hainan orchid exhibition, and President Liu immediately entered this flower in the exhibition and won the championship in one stroke. Professor Liu Qingyong, who was a judge at the time, personally named this flower "Zebra".

    The outer petals of "Zebra" are elegant and spirited, with cat-ear petals, and the flower color is brilliant and colorful. In the center of each of the three outer petals is inlaid a deep red bicolor stripe, making one marvel at the wondrous, exquisite and peerlessly magical power of nature, the creator! Looking at the whole flower, it is graceful and charming! In it, the beauty of the Cold Orchid is expressed to the fullest!

    After many years of reblooming, "Zebra" has become very stable, and it is currently a rare top-grade bicolor good flower in the history of Cold Orchids!

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