Detailed Explanation of Orchid Leaf Butterfly, Color Patches and Crystal Art Characteristics

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Butterfly grass, also called butterfly leaf or leaf butterfly, is a variation on orchid leaves, mostly occurring on the central leaves of the orchid plant, followed by the third and fourth leaves near the center; the phenomenon of the whole plant undergoing butterfly transformation is extremely rare.

An orchid whose leaves show butterfly transformation is called butterfly grass. This butterfly phenomenon occurs mostly on one side edge of the leaf, followed by the upper part of the leaf or the leaf tip; whole-plant butterfly transformation is uncommon.

The butterfly phenomenon on the grass refers to the variation phenomenon in which the leaf edge or the upper part of the leaf and the leaf tip undergo texture emulsification and crystallization, accompanied by colored patches and dots. Common colors are purplish brown, red, purplish red, etc., and these color patches and dots are basically consistent with the tones of the flower petals. The appearance of emulsification and crystallization on the leaf edge, the upper part of the leaf and the leaf tip is also the fundamental difference between butterfly grass and other variant orchids.

The leaf butterfly of Biyao

Datang Baosui about to fully transform into a butterfly

The leaf butterfly color patches of Qianlima

The leaf butterfly color patches of Zhongyan Caidie

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