A brief discussion of Cymbidium kanran: some of my thoughts and views

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In recent years, people who love Cymbidium kanran have been promoting it online, in magazines, and at orchid shows, saying that Cymbidium kanran ought to become popular, but at least in my view, Cymbidium kanran still has not become popular. What is holding it back, or one could say the reason Cymbidium kanran fundamentally will not become popular, is that the biggest problem is that Cymbidium kanran still has no appreciation standards. This is the biggest reason, and also its fatal problem. The petal types of Cymbidium kanran run counter to traditional petal-type theory: its three outer petals, however you look at them, areCymbidium goeringiiconsidered a lower-grade chicken-claw shape; the occasional one with cupped petal tips might count as a plum blossom type, but go and look at it, what sense of beauty is there? Of course this cannot be said to be simply bad; you could say that the elegance and unique large lip of Cymbidium kanran are the highlights, but the problem is, is there a limit to elegance? What kind of lip is beautiful? On such questions, everyone having their own view is certainly acceptable, but getting everyone to accept it is difficult. Since everyone has different views on what makes Cymbidium kanran worth appreciating, and individuals appreciate it purely by feeling, how can Cymbidium kanran become popular? Even if it becomes popular for a while, how could it last like Cymbidium goeringiiCymbidium faberidoes?
At the present stage there are still many problems that are unfavorable to the promotion of Cymbidium kanran, but in essence they are derived from Cymbidium kanran having no appreciation standards:
1. Cymbidium kanran, compared withCymbidium sinense，Cymbidium ensifoliumhas no cultural foundation at all. Just look at how few old cultivars of Cymbidium kanran there are and that explains the problem. The production areas of Cymbidium kanran were historically relatively economically undeveloped and culturally backward. These factors have also held back the development of Cymbidium kanran.
2. Just as someone said Cymbidium kanran ought to become popular, prices were raised sharply. The year before last I bought 2 shoots of an ordinary solid-color one for 300 yuan; last year 1000 for one shoot and still could not get it. For ones whose lip is only slightly larger, you cannot buy them for under 400 or 500. Precisely because there are no standards, these flowers bought on a momentary impulse, as time goes on, even one's personal aesthetic view changes, and naturally one loses interest in these previously bought flowers. Although selling flowers is an individual act, objectively it also hinders the development of Cymbidium kanran.
Actually I also hope Cymbidium kanran can become popular. Only, do not be eager for quick success and instant benefit; slowly feel out a path for the healthy development of Cymbidium kanran.