Heart-holding orchid

Holding the heart is a petal-shaped orchid with a pocket at the tip of the petal. People often give names according to the form of admiration. A brief description is as follows:

Silkworm moth holding-two petals (laughter) toward the end of the thick and curved medicine bag close, just like a pair of moth eyebrows, known as silkworm moth holding, such as Chunlan Song Mei.

Guanyin holding (heart)-the early two petals close together, shaped like the front of the wind hat of the mythical Guanyin Bodhisattva. But it can not be seen after the flowers are in full bloom, such as the word Dragon, Chun Yipin and so on.

Cat ear hold (heart)-refers to the petals nearly upright, the end of the pocket is small and pointed, shaped like cat ears, such as bees.

Bean shell holding (heart)-holding the tip is more round and obtuse, the petal is thick, with a pocket-like broad bean shell end, such as Guan Ding in Huilan.

Clam shell holding (heart)-holding petal like hollow clam shell inside and outside uplift.

Scissors holding (heart)-holding petals like scissors, such as Italian orchid Chinese characters, such as Big Kuihe.

Crab clamp holds (heart)-- the middle of the back is raised. The tip is flattened.

Short round holding (heart)-the holding valve is short and round, and the back is curved.

Mouth holding (heart)-although the flap is not pocket-shaped, the sharp edge of the valve is thickened and slightly like a muzzle.

Hold that is the middle of the inner three valves vertically close to the outside of the two short valves (slightly shorter than the outer three valves), holding the flap is mainly bright and clean.

Can be divided according to its form:

The silkworm moth is shaped like a silkworm moth. It is also divided into hard and soft, such as Lvying, Rong Xiangmei, Liang Ximei and Yichun Xian in Chunlan, and Dapin, Peixian, Dangzi, Lou Mei, Duanmei, Cui Mei and Qinghua in Huilan.

Guanyin holding (commonly known as Guanyin Dou) is similar to the mythical Guanyin Bodhisattva, with a hood shaped at the front end, such as the dragon character in Chunlan, Chun Yipin, the old dyed character in Huilan, and so on.

Bean shell holding valve tip is more round and obtuse, petal meat thick, pocket-shaped, similar to the shape of one end of broad bean shell, such as Guanding in Cymbidium.

The clam shell holds each petal like an empty clam shell, such as Changshu, Da Kuihe in Chunlan, Tesu in Huilan and so on.

Scissors hold the petal like scissors, such as Wentuan in Chunlan, Hua Zi and Red Tuanzi in Huilan.

Crab forceps hold the valve raised in the middle of the back and flattened at the tip, especially Wannianmei in Cymbidium.

Cat ears hold the front part of the petal upwards, shaped like cat ears, such as bee Qiao and Duoyun in Huilan.

The short round holding petal is short and round, and the back of the petal is curved, such as Zheng Tonghe.

The pu fan holds the petal short and round, but the back of the petal is arc-shaped, such as the western god plum in the spring orchid.

Although there is no pocket shape, the tip edge of the valve is slightly unspeakable, such as the capping charge in the spring orchid.

The above various forms of holding the flap, with the silkworm moth as the top grade, Guanyin as the second, the rest are inferior, of course, but also combined with all kinds of petal to be treated differently. In addition, in the posture of holding the flap, some of the two pieces are separated or partially connected to each other, or even mixed glue with the nose (stamen) and tongue (lip flap). Therefore, it can be divided into three forms:

The five-lobed nest and two holding petals are separated respectively, and the base of the petal root is born at the confluence of the outer three-lobe base.

The tips of the two valves are separated from each other, and are connected as a whole from the middle to the base of the flap.

The shoulder-closed dorsal flap is connected with the nose and tongue to form a massive whole, or the tip of the valve is slightly separated from the nose, such as Cai Mei Narcissus in Chunlan and Pan Green in Cymbidium.

The above three kinds of petal implantation forms, sometimes the same variety due to the evolution of genetic factors, not only have five petals divided into nests, but also split and close the back, but the shoulder and back is limited to a few varieties. Generally speaking, the shape of the five-lobed nest is the most beautiful, followed by the split head and the back, and the shoulder and back is the worst.