Whether an orchid is of good quality can be told by looking at the leaf tip
(1) Single and double arrow leaf groove. Only varieties with thicker leaves have this leaf groove. Besides enhancing the artistic beauty of the leaves, it also indicates a higher grade of the flower. (2) Round leaf tip, blunt-round leaf tip, blunt-pointed leaf tip, smoothly pointed leaf tip. These leaf tips are commonly found in dwarf orchids and semi-dwarf orchids. Varieties with such leaf tips may also have flowers of a higher grade. If it is a variety with longer leaves and has such a leaf tip, it is likewise possible that its flower grade is also higher.
(1) Single and double arrow leaf groove
Only varieties with thicker leaves have this leaf groove. Besides enhancing the artistic beauty of the leaves, it also indicates a higher grade of the flower.
(2) Round leaf tip, blunt-round leaf tip, blunt-pointed leaf tip, smoothly pointed leaf tip
These leaf tips are commonly found in dwarf orchids and semi-dwarf orchids. Varieties with such leaf tips may also have flowers of a higher grade. If it is a variety with longer leaves and has such a leaf tip, it is likewise possible that its flower grade is also higher.
(3) Long pointed leaf tip
This is a leaf tip commonly found in fine-leaf varieties, but many butterfly-flower varieties often have long pointed leaf tips, so it should be cross-checked together with the other characteristics of butterfly flowers.
(4) Round abrupt point, long abrupt point
The former is commonly found in broad-leaf varieties, while the latter is commonly found in fine-leaf varieties. An abrupt point is often one of the important characteristics for identifying plum-petal and narcissus-petal flowers before blooming.
(5) Spoon-shaped leaf tip
It mainly enhances the elegance of the orchid leaves.
(6) Convex-pointed leaf tip and concave-pointed leaf tip
They often indicate that the flower's column is in the process of abnormality, or has already become abnormal.
(7) Hawk-beak leaf tip
It is often one of the characteristics of strange flowers.
(8) Backbone-spurred tip
That is, the midrib on the back of the leaf end has long hairy spurs. It indicates that the flower's fragrance is relatively strong, and it is also one of the important characteristics often found in strange butterfly flowers.
(9) Crystal-eye tip, wrinkled and curled tip
These are often the unique elegance of crystal-art orchids. Crystal-art orchids with such leaf tips mostly have flowers of a higher grade.
(10) White spur tip
It refers to the tip of the orchid leaf having an additional white soft spur of about 0.5 cm. It is both one of the characteristics that lotus plain-heart Jianlan must have, and one of the characteristics possessed by several types of strange butterfly flowers.
(11) Moon-knife tip
It is often one of the unique elegances of high-grade dwarf orchids and semi-dwarf varieties. It also indicates that its flower may be lotus-petal or lotus-shaped.
(12) Twisted tip
It is often one of the leaf tips occasionally found in high-grade strange butterfly flowers.
(13) Slant-cut tip
Its leaf end has an inward-turning look, with both side edges resembling a scissor cut, commonly known as scissor tip. It is one of the exclusive characteristics of lotus-petal strange flowers.
Illustration: Selecting plants by leaf tip. Diagram of orchid leaf tip forms