Introduction to the characteristics and care methods of the Qinghua Mei cymbidium variety
Now also called Lao Qinghua, Liu Mei! Petal type: Cymbidium green-shell plum petal. History: In the early years of the Republic of China, Che Qing from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, selected it at Huaxing Hotel, and Wu Enyuan of Hangzhou exchanged an old variety worth several tens of gold for it. Six years later, it bloomed with six flowers and was a fine plum-petal specimen. Characteristics: outer petals with short feet and round tips, thick petals, and level shoulders. The inner segments are divided-socket silkworm-moth segments, ...
Now also called Lao Qinghua, Liu Mei!
Petal type: Cymbidium green-shell plum petal Liu Mei has good-looking leaves, and the contrast between flowers and leaves is good. The drawback is that it is too reluctant to bloom.
History: In the early years of the Republic of China, Che Qing from Shaoxing, Zhejiang, selected it at Huaxing Hotel, and Wu Enyuan of Hangzhou exchanged an old variety worth several tens of gold for it. Six years later, it bloomed with six flowers and was a fine plum-petal specimen.
Characteristics: outer petals with short feet and round tips, thick petals, and level shoulders. The inner segments are divided-socket silkworm-moth segments, and the tongue is a large ruyi tongue. The flower stem is slender. The flower is upright overall. It is said that "Qinghua Mei" can produce a good bloom and can rival the Chunlan "Wang Zi", which shows how good the substance of "Qinghua Mei" is. The color of this flower is more yellow than other green cymbidiums, and the petal tips tend to scorch easily!
Qinghua Mei, brief introduction from "A Brief History of Orchids and Cymbidiums": In the spring of the first year of the Republic of China, Che Qing of Shaoxing obtained it at Huaxing Hotel. One bud, two shoots, brought to Jiangsu and Shanghai, no one paid attention, and when he returned to Hangzhou the plant had withered. Jiufeng Pavilion exchanged an old variety worth several tens of gold to plant it. In the spring of the sixth year, it bloomed with six sepals, short feet and round tips, tightly edged, thick fleshed, divided-socket silkworm-moth hooded segments, large ruyi tongue, slender stem, and level shoulders. Not only do old green cymbidium varieties lack such a fine plum-petal specimen, even compared with the finest varieties prized today, it should be a level higher.
Because it was originally obtained by Che Qing at Huaxing Hotel, and the time happened to be the beginning of the Republic, the name of the person and the place were combined to name it "Qinghua Mei".
Today's "Qinghua Mei" is what is popularly called "Liu Mei" nowadays. Many cymbidium varieties were lost overseas in earlier years, and in recent years they have gradually returned. It is also fairly common for one variety to have multiple names, which confuses some new orchid growers, but growers who have played with cymbidiums for a few years also understand that today's "Liu Mei" is the "Qinghua Mei" in the old manuals.
Qinghua Mei is one of the New Eight Varieties, namely the line now called "Lao Qinghua" and "Liu Mei".
The line now called "Qinghua Mei" is actually Pan Lu Mei.
