Introduction and Appreciation of the Characteristics of the Thousand-Island Flower Cymbidium goeringii Variety
In 1989, a Mr. Zhang, an orchid enthusiast from Zhoushan, Zhejiang, discovered more than 30 seedlings during a mountain collection. At that time, they were divided into two types: silver-red and green-shell. The leaves are obliquely upright, with the leaf tips curved and drooping; a triangular grass type, thick in texture and yellow-green in color, with a narrow leaf width. The flower buds are tight and slender, green shell with purple veins; the flower stalk is white-green, with many nodes on the stalk, and petals grow at each node. The petals increase at each node, extending node by node, with flowers within flowers, no column, many lip petals, slender and narrow petals, and emerald-green flower color. The period from first opening to full bloom lasts as long as one month. A representative variety of the "Jade Tree" form of strange flowers in Cymbidium goeringii.
In 1989, a Mr. Zhang, an orchid enthusiast from Zhoushan, Zhejiang, discovered more than 30 seedlings during a mountain collection. At that time, they were divided into two types: silver-red and green-shell.
The leaves are obliquely upright, with the leaf tips curved and drooping; a triangular grass type, thick in texture and yellow-green in color, with a narrow leaf width.
The flower buds are tight and slender, green shell with purple veins; the flower stalk is white-green, with many nodes on the stalk, and petals grow at each node. The petals increase at each node, extending node by node, with flowers within flowers, no column, many lip petals, slender and narrow petals, and emerald-green flower color. The period from first opening to full bloom lasts as long as one month. A representative variety of the "Jade Tree" form of strange flowers in Cymbidium goeringii.
The Cymbidium goeringii "Thousand-Island Flower" is the first jade-tree-type strange flower of Cymbidium goeringii discovered nationwide. It is a representative variety of the jade-tree-form strange flowers of Cymbidium goeringii, and also one of the few orchid varieties named after a place name.
The "Thousand-Island Flower" is a tree-like green-stalked green flower. The flower scape stands tall and the flower stalk has many nodes. The petals are arranged in whorled nodes and unfold layer by layer, either curved and twisted, opposite, alternate, or tightly wrapped, with no column and many lip petals. The lip petals carry a small number of red spots. Wavy lip petals and semi-petalized petals are interspersed. The petals are numerous, as if there are flowers within flowers. When one scape bears two flowers, one high and one low, echoing each other, its graceful bearing is even more wonderfully indescribable. The flowering period often lasts as long as two months, and the fragrance is clear, mellow, and far-reaching, and can also persist. Looking at the whole flower: substantial and thought-provoking, strange and charming while combining both spirit and charm.
In the 20 years since it was collected from the mountain, "Thousand-Island Flower" has been introduced and carefully cultivated by orchid enthusiasts in various places, and its quantity can no longer be verified. But what can be said is that "Thousand-Island Flower" already has a relatively stable group of owners, which provides an extremely profound foundation for the inheritance and spread of "Thousand-Island Flower".