Appreciation of the Qicai Yunnan Chunlan Wumeng Mudan

Wumeng Mudan, a rare flower of Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii). This flower is also called "Qicai Yunnan" by some. It was collected in Bijie, Guizhou in 1995. This rare flower has semi-soft drooping leaves; the leaf base is tightly upright and the upper part is obliquely erect and arched. The leaf length is 250 mm, the leaf width is 8 mm, the leaf texture is thick and glutinous, and the cross-section is V-shaped. Weak plants have only three to four leaves, and strong plants have only five leaves. The outer three petals of this rare flower are plain and unremarkable, bamboo-leaf petals, pale green, with purple tinges, either floating xxx or only curled. But the column has degenerated and become flat, and the petals are all labelloid, up to as many as nine, opening upward, with bright V-shaped bright red stripes, very gorgeous, and the fragrance is pure and faintly distant, making it a rare treasure among Chunlan. Based on the flowering form of this rare flower, orchid enthusiasts in Bijie vividly compared it to "corn flower," that is, like popcorn exploded from corn kernels in a heating expansion machine.