Detailed Introduction to the Yitian Qidie Lianban Orchid Variety
Lianban orchid, pistil butterfly, exotic flower, famous variety. History: Yitian Qidie, also known as Five-Star Butterfly, originated in the rarely visited primeval forests of Baima Snow Mountain in Weixi, Shangri-La, Yunnan, and was collected by local Tibetan mountain people. Discovered in March 1996, it was purchased back by Yang Bingzhong, a native of Heqing County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan, and named "Sanxin Die" (at that time there were three inner butterfly petals). At the 2001 Yunnan Dali Orchid Exhibition, Taiwanese orchid grower Mr. Jiang Yuantian bought 5 seedlings at a high price and brought them to Taiwan, China, where they received high praise from the orchid world. In his book "Fine-Leaf Orchid Album" (II), Mr. Jiang Yuantian called this flower a rare exotic flower and herb in the world, and named it Yitian Qidie. He said that Yitian Qidie, because it combines the characteristics of exotic flowers and butterfly flowers, and also has the greatest number of inner butterfly petals, with the inner butterflies reaching as many as seven petals at maximum, is truly rare, astonishing at first glance and breathtaking.
Lianban orchid, pistil butterfly, exotic flower, famous variety. History: Yitian Qidie, also known as Five-Star Butterfly, originated in the rarely visited primeval forests of Baima Snow Mountain in Weixi, Shangri-La, Yunnan, and was collected by local Tibetan mountain people. Discovered in March 1996, it was purchased back by Yang Bingzhong, a native of Heqing County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan, and named "Sanxin Die" (at that time there were three inner butterfly petals). At the 2001 Yunnan Dali Orchid Exhibition, Taiwanese orchid grower Mr. Jiang Yuantian bought 5 seedlings at a high price and brought them to Taiwan, China, where they received high praise from the orchid world. In his book "Fine-Leaf Orchid Album" (II), Mr. Jiang Yuantian called this flower a rare exotic flower and herb in the world, and named it Yitian Qidie. He said that Yitian Qidie, because it combines the characteristics of exotic flowers and butterfly flowers, and also has the greatest number of inner butterfly petals, with the inner butterflies reaching as many as seven petals at maximum, is truly rare, astonishing at first glance and breathtaking.
Characteristics: Yitian Qidie is a fine-leaf Lianban orchid. The leaves are about 20 cm tall and about 0.4 cm wide, delicate and nimble. The three outer petals are purplish red, of willow-leaf petal type; the column is mutated, and the inner petals become butterfly-like, transforming into lip petals and increasing in number. They become three-star butterflies, four-star butterflies, five-star butterflies, and at maximum seven-star butterflies, with vivid red spots. This flower combines exotic form, butterfly form, and color in one, and is a rare and excellent variety among Lianban orchid exotic butterfly flowers. Its flower is outstanding among high-grade lip petals; the five inner butterfly petals (sometimes three or seven) all transform into bright lip petals, with clear contrast and evenly arranged surface, as if crafted by heavenly skill.
Its inner petals have completely transformed into butterfly-like form, and the petal shape opens widely, with butterfly colors blooming in profusion, exceptionally gorgeous. Even more exquisite is that its outer petals are slender and elegant, all reflexed backward, like colorful ribbons lightly raised in the wind, full of movement. In the morphology of the whole flower, it is just like a dancing colorful butterfly, and also like a fairy in colorful garments, flying upward against the wind, with colorful ribbons lightly raised.