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Introduction to the Characteristics and Care Methods of the Zhonghua Qilin Cymbidium goeringii Variety

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Cymbidium goeringii, a rare-flowered variety, a famous cultivar. In 1989, on the second day of the second lunar month, it was collected on Baishapo in Gulin, Sichuan, selected and bred by Mr. Wang Dequan, and posted with photos by Xue Jinze, who named it "Yu Qilin". It was later registered under the name "Zhonghua Qilin" in the "Record of Famous Chinese Orchid Cultivars". The leaves are twisted, hard in texture, with obvious fine serrations along the edges, the leaf surface is dark green, the leaves...
Cymbidium goeringii, a rare-flowered variety, a famous cultivar.In 1989, on the second day of the second lunar month, it was collected on Baishapo in Gulin, Sichuan, selected and bred by Mr. Wang Dequan,  and posted with photos by Xue Jinze, who named it "Yu Qilin". It was later registered under the name "Zhonghua Qilin" in the "Record of Famous Chinese Orchid Cultivars".

The leaves are twisted, hard in texture, with obvious fine serrations along the edges, the leaf surface is dark green, and the leaf length is 25-37 cm,  uploaded by Xue Jinze, with a leaf width of 0.6-1.2 cm. The flowers are solitary, and the petals have mutated into lip petals, about 6-8 of them growing around the column, white with red stripes, with a high degree of butterfly transformation and a good red-and-white contrast, with a flowering period from February to March. This variety has a peculiar flower shape and is an outstanding example among the multi-tongue rare-flowered types.

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