Each flower of Yu Hudie is not entirely the same, each displaying its own splendor, and it ranks first among the chrysanthemum-petaled wonder flowers of Chunlan. The fragrance is outstanding! If you love fragrance, this flower is a must-have! How much does a Chunlan Yu Hudie seedling cost? Ordinary sellers 40, famous masters 100.
The leaves of Yu Hudie are 25-35cm long, the side leaves 1cm wide, the central leaves slender at 0.6cm; the leaf posture is obliquely drooping, the semi-mature seedlings are rather upright, and the leaf tips occasionally have an inward-hooked shape at the middle of the leaf, the tips of old leaves curve and droop, the leaf veins are relatively flat, the leaf grooves are relatively shallow, the edges of new leaves curl inward, and the edges of old leaves curl backward. The leaf color is yellow-green, the leaf-edge serrations are fine and dense, the veins deviate from the center of the leaf, and the leaf texture is soft, glutinous and smooth. On the underside of the leaf, on both sides of the midrib, there are several fine veins reaching the tip. New leaves have a glossy shine, and the leaf tips are sharp as needles. The leaf base is tightly gathered, the pseudobulb is round and large, and the leaves can reach seven or eight or more. When new shoots first emerge they are white-green, gradually becoming pale green, with light purple markings; the bud sheaths have fine small white rice grains at the tips, and the new leaves also have fine small white rice grains, and even at the five-tenths wood stage the leaf tips still have fine small white rice grains. The leaf sheaths are slender and long, and the sheath tips are relatively soft.
When the flower bud first emerges, there are fine small white rice grains at the bud tip, and the lower part of the flower bud gradually becomes round and swollen. Before blooming, the flower bud swells large; the close-fitting bud sheath is pale green, with purple veins reaching the tip. The flower scape is green, thick and short, about 10-15cm. The flower opens in chrysanthemum form, with as many as ten or twenty petals, and the petals show lipization, with great variation. Its delicate fragrance is captivating.
New shoots are pale green marked with purple veins; the leaves are 25-30cm long and 0.8cm wide; the leaf color is yellow-green and glossy; the leaf posture is semi-drooping; the leaf tips are long and pointed; the leaf stalks are tightly gathered in a "V" shape; the middle section of the leaf blade is parallel and of equal width; the leaf-surface grooves are not deep; and both sides of the leaf curl slightly inward.
The flower bud is red-green, with purple-red veining, and the ovary bud sheath is pale emerald green, with purple veins running all the way to the top. The flower stalk is pale green, slightly round and thick, 10-12cm tall; the petals number as many as more than 20; there is no column and no lip petals; many fine small petals grow on the inner whorl of the flower, and the petal tips are pale yellow, with masculinization visible on close observation. A few of the outer-whorl petals show lipization; the flower color is emerald green with yellow, with little red, and it can often open two flowers on one scape, and the strongest seedlings may even open 3 flowers on one scape. The flower form is large, with so many petals they cannot be counted clearly, and each bloom varies; sometimes it also opens as a platform flower in a jade-tree shape. It gives off wave after wave of rich, delicate fragrance, refreshing to the heart and never tiring to smell a hundred times!
Selected before the War of Resistance; according to legend it originated in Lanxi, Zhejiang, China. In the early 1950s, it was collected from the mountains by a mountain farmer surnamed Yu, and after being taken away by Japanese people, it bloomed in Japan, and was thus named "Yu Hudie". After the 1980s it was sold back to mainland China. The leaves are 25-35cm long, the side leaves 1cm wide, the central leaves slender at 0.6cm; the leaf posture is obliquely drooping, the semi-mature seedlings are rather upright, and the leaf tips occasionally have an inward-hooked shape at the middle of the leaf, the tips of old leaves curve and droop, the leaf veins are relatively flat, the leaf grooves are relatively shallow, the edges of new leaves curl inward, and the edges of old leaves curl backward. The leaf color is yellow-green, the leaf-edge serrations are fine and dense, the veins deviate from the center of the leaf, and the leaf texture is soft, glutinous and smooth. On the underside of the leaf, on both sides of the midrib, there are several fine veins reaching the tip. New leaves have a glossy shine, and the leaf tips are sharp as needles. The leaf base is tightly gathered, the pseudobulb is round and large, and the leaves can reach seven or eight or more. When new shoots first emerge they are white-green, gradually becoming pale green, with light purple markings; the bud sheaths have fine small white rice grains at the tips, and the new leaves also have fine small white rice grains, and even at the five-tenths wood stage the leaf tips still have fine small white rice grains. The leaf sheaths are slender and long, and the sheath tips are relatively soft. When the flower bud first emerges, from the bottom upward it turns from white to pale green, and after exposure to sunlight it turns green with a purple halo, the veining is purple-red, and the bud tip also has fine small white rice grains; the lower part of the flower bud gradually becomes round and swollen. Before blooming, the flower bud swells large; the close-fitting bud sheath is pale green, with purple veins reaching the tip. The flower scape is green, thick and short, about 10-15cm. The outer-whorl petals increase in number, spreading outward as broad bamboo-leaf petals, while the inner-whorl petals layer upon layer, with no obvious lip petals or column; countless tiny petals grow on the inner whorl of the flower, and the petal tips are masculinized and pale yellow; the petals occasionally show lipization, sometimes with red spots, and sometimes incomplete lip petals can be seen. The flower form is extremely large, reaching about 8cm, with two flowers on one scape, and occasionally three flowers; the flower color is emerald green with star-like red spots and pale yellow hooded small petals, truly hard to count clearly. It can be called a butterfly-transformed chrysanthemum-petaled flower, and sometimes it can also open in a "jade-tree" form.