Appreciation of the Variety Characteristics of the Chunlan 'Black Cat' Ruibutterfly
Discovered around 1990 by Lü Jianjun of Zhoushan when he went up the mountain to collect orchids. The leaves are slanted and drooping, with deep leaf grooves, thick and hard leaf texture, dark green and glossy leaf color, coarse serrations on the leaf margins, and an elegant plant form. The flower bud has a pale green base color, fine purple veins, pink-purple clouding, and green coloration at the tip. The flower stalk is slender and round, rising level with the leaf frame. The outer three sepals are bamboo-shaped, the main sepal is slightly angled, and the petals...
Discovered around 1990 by Lü Jianjun of Zhoushan when he went up the mountain to collect orchids. The leaves are slanted and drooping, with deep leaf grooves, thick and hard leaf texture, dark green and glossy leaf color, coarse serrations on the leaf margins, and an elegant plant form.
Selected in 1990 by Lü Jianjun of Zhoushan, Zhejiang. The outer three sepals are narrow and long. The two petals have become lip-like (tongue-like), and the lip-like portions are black-purple, hence the name Black Cat. The flower color is tender green. The outer three sepals are green, and the petals are purple-black edged in white, with the lip bearing a U-shaped color block curling backward. The bud sheath is red, the flower scape is tall, and the leaves are erect.
The flower bud has a pale green base color, fine purple veins, pink-purple clouding, and green coloration at the tip. The flower stalk is slender and round, rising level with the leaf frame. The outer three sepals are bamboo-shaped, the main sepal is slightly angled, the petals have become lip-like, the lip is covered with purple-black cinnabar dots, the petals turn upward and flare, and the lip is narrow, long, and curled. The center of the flower closely resembles the shape of a black cat's head, which is how it got its name.