Jinsha Shuju (Thousand-Hand Guanyin) Cymbidium Lianban Orchid Variety Introduction

    Jinsha Shuju, also known as Thousand-Hand Guanyin, is a broad-leaf Cymbidium Lianban orchid. The leaves are about 1CM wide and about 60CM long, usually 4-6 leaves, rarely 7. The leaf posture is slanted-upright, with the upper part semi-drooping, tall and imposing, and the plant color is light yellow-green, prone to tiny black spots; the buds are purplish-red, and the flower buds carry a purplish-red sandy blush when emerging from the soil, bloom easily, and leaf buds often sprout from the lower part of the flower stem. The flowers are based on a pinkish-white tone. Each flower has several petals with bright red butterfly-like patches, and the petals bear radiating red veins. The sepals proliferate into multiple petals in a radiating arrangement, while the inner petals are stamenized to form a pouch-like shape, wrapping the column layer upon layer, expansive outside and restrained inside. The tree-like form, chrysanthemum-like petals, butterfly transformation, and hard column are especially rare as multiple ornamental forms combined.

    Jinsha Shuju plants are robust, highly adaptable, easy to propagate, and easy to bloom; flower buds should not be removed too early, and when cutting off spent flower stems, two stem nodes should be left, because after the base of the flower stem becomes woody, new leaf buds often sprout from it; old plants are easy to sprout after division, and connected plants are mostly easy to rejuvenate; the flowering period lasts more than 60 days, and it takes one month from the large bud-arrangement stage to full bloom, so if you want to see her most beautiful state, orchid growers need to wait patiently.