Eight new species of Huilan

Eight new species of Huilan: Lou Mei, Cui Calyx, Old Best, Qinghua Mei, Jiangnan New Best, Duanmei, Rongmei, Cui Mei (1901), that is, the ugly year of Guang Xu in the Qing Dynasty, discovered by Feng Changjin of Hangzhou Gongcheng Garden, although it is a relatively modern product, it is a beautiful and precious product of green stem and green flower, because there is another variety of "Jiangnan New Best" in Red Christine. Therefore, it is also known as "Old Best". It is a famous flower in Ailan's home near the places of origin of Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shanghai. The length of the leaf is 40-55cm and the width is about 1cm. The leaves are thick and upright, with a slight leaf groove from petiole to middle, and gradually flat from middle to leaf tail. Ye Zi stands at an oblique position. The scape is light green, stout and straight, and the buds crack when they are unearthed. The mature scape is 40-50cm high and generally has 8-18 flowers. The floret has a long handle. The outer three petals have a round head, tight edges and thick flaps. Long feet root, nest, hard pocket holding the heart (sometimes split head close back type), lip flap for dragon swallowing big tongue, shoulder flat. The bracts are green. It is listed as the new eight species of Huilan. The characteristics of the old best: the new buds of the old best are green, grow into medium-thin leaves with development, and finally become semi-vertical mid-vertical leaves. The color is thick green, slightly soft in the original tenacity of Huilan, and the posture is noble. The flower flesh of the three petals is thick and powerful, the flower head is round and large, and the lace curls inward just like the edge, and the flower feet are carefully folded, wearing white moss when holding the heart into a hard pocket, and holding the flower heart in a protective shape. The tongue flap is like the mouth of the dragon (that is, the dragon swallows the big tongue), the two petals are flat on the shoulder, and the diameter of the flower is about one inch, two or three to one inch, four or five. It is a formal plum petal type similar to the flower of Cheng Mei, but its light emerald green is bright and refreshing, which adds a little more style and ornamental value than Cheng Mei. The peculiar point of this flower is that its petals are as thin as eagle claws at the beginning, and when it is worried that it will not bloom well, it will slowly expand in two or three days and give full play to its true appearance. The flower stem is bluish white when sprouting and becomes an erect light green thin rod after elongation. There are also many flowers. The common stem pedestal has eight or nine to twelve or three flowers, which is an inscription.

The green calyx petal was selected by Rong Wenqing in Wuxi in 1909. There is Huiquan wine in Wuxi. (a Dream of Red Mansions) it was described in the 16th time that Sister Feng sent this wine to Mammy Zhao. Red lips mean that there are bright red spots on the flower lips. The thin stem and flat shoulder are the characteristics of green calyx, which is difficult to blossom at first sight. Biluochun is produced in Taihu Lake. Although Wuxi is near Taihu Lake, it is also hawked all over the street, but it is not the main producing area, while Cui Calyx is indeed produced in Wuxi and is famous for its distinct personality. The leaf posture is oblique, the leaf width is medium and thin, and the leaf quality is thick and hard. Scape comes out of the shelf, with about 7 flowers. The outer three petals are oval, the flower flesh is extremely thick, the tip of the petal is floating slightly, and the nest is hard to hold, such as the tongue, the root of the tongue is not exposed, and its design and color is especially green, which is a small and lovely little flower-shaped green plum. Nongxiang, a traditional inscription of Cymbidium, is one of the eight kinds of Cymbidium.

Qinghua plum green shell plum petal three short round head, tight edge thick meat, silkworm moth pocket, as big as the tongue, green color special victory, flat shoulder, long rod escape product. It is listed as one of the eight new species of Huilan. The leaves are 40-50cm long and 0.7-1cm wide, with thick leaves with V-shaped grooves, emerald green and glossy leaves, and the leaf posture is semi-drooping. The scape is thin and round, which is a light green "lantern stalk", which is higher than the leaf surface, with 8 flowers per scape. The outer three-petal short foot round head, tight edge, petal flesh thick, both sides of the calyx is arch-shaped, the tongue has gorgeous red spots. The flowers are upright and durable. According to the record, in the spring of the first year of Dazheng (the first year of the Republic of China), Shaoxing Cheqing got two leaves and one flower bud at the Huaxing Hotel, took them to Suzhou and Shanghai but no one took care of them, and finally returned to Hangzhou, where the grass withered and the buds withered. The owner of Jiufeng Pavilion exchanged the old species worth tens of gold for cultivation and irrigation, and finally opened one stem and six flowers in May, because there seems to be no such fine products in the old species. Compared with the "best", there is also a more look, in addition, in view of the fact that che Qing lived in the Huaxing Hotel coincided with the festival of the Republic of China, because it is named after its own word, it is auspicious and honorable for the Republic of China. Jiangnan new best red shell green plum petal inscription Cymbidium one of the new eight, but also our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Lanhui and even national orchid famous products. It was published in 1915. Selected by Qian Alu, Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Planted by Yang Ganqing in Wuxi, Jiangsu. Later, he traveled eastward in the sixth year of Showa, Japan (1936), and went out of the country. In the Japanese orchid world is solemnly respected, and known as the "red stem Ding GE Precious". Because the shape of the flower is similar to the "best" of Lvxie (another Loh): the outer three petals are round and the dragon swallows the tongue. Although it is a red shell, the color can be turned to clean green, which can be regarded as a distinct rarity. Therefore, it is known as the "new best in the south of the Yangtze River", which also reflects the habit of advocating good flowers at that time. Taking a comprehensive view of its flower products, it is said that it is similar to the old best, with a slightly far-fetched feeling. The new best temperament is better and more elegant. Jiangnan new best leaf length 40-60cm, leaf width 0.8-1cm, leaf posture semi-drooping, edge leaf bow drooping, leaf tip slender, leaf color emerald green, leaf surface glossy, leaf quality soft. Flower shell white background green belly red tip, is a typical red to green shell. There are two types: "magpie mouth" and "sharp mouth". The flower stem is slender and round, the flower stalk is light purple, and there are 12 flowers. The outer three valves are tight and round, the holding flap is a semi-hard soft hold, and there is a fork at the front end of the holding flap, in the shape of a thumb (side view). It is commonly known as holding the fist or holding the ring (the meta word is also held in such a way). The tongue flap is a big dragon swallowing the tongue, the root is not exposed after the slight ups and downs, and the erythema on the tongue surface is evenly distributed. Medium-high thick round, good shaping degree, round. The flower guard is extremely in place. The petal is thick and waxy, and the petal color is light emerald green, which seems to have a sense of transparency. The flowers are also sparse and full of charm. The strong stress resistance of this species is its advantage, and its characteristic is that the leaves are less than ordinary, but the large grass with 5 leaves can bear flowers.

Cui Mei red to green plum petal, scape light color, 40-50 cm high, pink-purple floret stalk, with 8-14 flowers. Outer three long feet big round head, valve tip has a small tip, quality waxy meat thick, thin root. On both sides of the calyx is a word shoulder, semi-hard pocket heart, five-petal nest. The lip flap swallows the tongue for the dragon, and the tongue has bright red spots. Flowers are correct, listed in the "new eight", for the red to green plum petals. According to the book Lanhuapu, Cui Mei did not travel eastward to Japan, so she did not resell seedlings. It is only cultivated in Wuxi and Yixing, Jiangsu Province, and the coverage of plant meaning in the whole country is so large that it cannot be said to spread much. Cui Mei found that there were different theories about the age. Some people said that before the War of Resistance against Japan, some people said that at the end of the 1920s, there were no reliable records of new and old orchid books, but the earliest records showed that "Lan Hui Xiao Shi" was created by Cui Yiting, a plant in Hangzhou, and the author could not determine the specific age. Lou Mei Green Shell Lotus-shaped Narcissus Valve the middle-aged Guang Xu of the Qing Dynasty was selected by the surname of Shaoxing House, so it was named Lou Mei. According to another legend, it is said that at that time, the host feasted guests in the Orchid Hall, and saw them off to the door, where there was a pot of orchids blooming and relaxing petals, so the host invited guests into the room to appreciate, named "Liumei", and then changed to "Lou Mei". Lou Mei is highly respected by the art and orchid circles and believes that only this flower can be comparable to "Da Yi Pin". The leaf posture of "Lou Mei" is a mixture of semi-drooping and curved sagging, with the widest leaf up to 0.8cm and the leaf length up to about 55cm. The appreciation Picture Book of Chinese Orchid treasures thinks that this kind of leaf is medium and short. Bow down. " The leaves of solid grass do not appear to be too short. The leaf color is green, bright, the leaf surface has U-shaped groove, the U-shaped groove of the foot leaf is more obvious, the leaf edge has fine teeth, the lateral vein is obvious, the leaf tip is smooth, the leaf nail is thin and round, the foot leaf is hard, curved and sag is small, although the grass shape is fine, strong and soft. After the leaf bud comes out of the shell, it is pale green, the upper green is heavy, the tip of the bud is light white green, the bud is light green, there are light purplish red lines to the top, the distance between the tendons is wide, there are small light purple red spots between the tendons, there are broad, thinner white sand edges on the edge of the shell, and the flower stem is a "lantern stalk", high off the shelf, with 6-9 flowers, 11 strong grasses, sparse bells and slender hairpins. Stem, bracteoles, substitutes, flowers in one color emerald green, the outer three petals wide, big head, tip, thin root, with the shape of root angle. Sticky and thick meat, flat shoulder, main valve oblique upper cover, five-petal division, shallow soft pocket silkworm moth holding, large round tongue, eye-catching erythema on tongue surface, long open tongue and back roll. The design and color is green and handsome, the petal face is like wax, the spirit is good, and it has been blooming for a long time. The biggest feature of "Lou Mei" is that there is no slippery day. Although the male core is light, it is also very rare to keep it. In the appreciation of "Lou Mei", I think there are two outstanding appreciation points: first, its design and color, in Green Christine, belongs to a variety that is very pure and pure green; second, the red plaques on the tongue are very bright, making the contrast of the whole flower particularly strong. "Lou Mei" is a rare lotus-shaped daffodil in Cymbidium flowers.

Rongmei red shell plum petal characteristics: leaf posture is semi-drooping, leaf width is 0.8 cm, leaf length is about 35ml 40 cm, leaf quality is thick, leaf groove is deep, flower pavilion is higher than leaf frame, pedicel green bottom pink purple, outer three petal long foot round head, holding petal nest, semi-hard holding, as small as tongue, emerald green, is one of the new eight species of cymbidium. A new species in the early years of the Republic of China in Lan Hui Xiao Shi. Wuxi Rongwen Qingzhi. Three-petal long foot round head, waxy meat thick, divided nest semi-hard pocket to hold the heart, between the root, round tongue, color green shoulder flat, dry thick long. In the sixth year, Wang Changyou carried two bamboo slips of grass to Hangzhou, and Yichun Lankui in Jiufeng Pavilion. With a black-and-white photo, it reads, "Rongmei is a Xiding, Wuxi Rongjun Wenqing Xuantong got and planted in the first year." "continue Lanhui with one mind"Rongmei red to green new species also." The flowers come out of the hole. Tight edge, thick meat, round head root, color pretty shoulder flat, holding the heart to split the head to close the back, such as the tongue, gorgeous. Put in the shade when blooming, do not blow in the wind and the sun, in order to have good flowers to see. And you can't do it. Tall grass anklet. Mr. Rong Wenqing in Wuxi received it in the early years of the Republic of China. Duanmei red to green shell plum petals according to the "Lan Hui Xiao Shi" introduction: in 1913, selected by Hangzhou Lu Changshou, sold to Wu Enyuan to raise, to 1919 compound flowers, 10 flowers, flower appearance, Jiangnan Lanwang personally named it "Duanmei". End plum-characteristics: three-petal head round, edge tight color green, shoulder flat, split nest or split head close back, silkworm moth pocket, big tongue. The flowers are closely arranged. It is listed as one of the new eight species, and it is a famous species of Cymbidium. The leaf length is 40-50cm, the width is 1-1.4cm, the leaf is thick, the leaf width is broad, similar to Cheng Mei, the leaf posture is half drooping, quite beautiful. Scape slender and erect, beyond the leaf frame. The outer three-petal short foot has a round head, the petal edge is tight, and the calyx on both sides extends flat and shows a shoulder. The inner petals hold the heart for the silkworm moth, the country is smooth and clean, covering the delicate fragrance of the core column. The labellum is short and large, with bright red patches on the tongue. The flowers are emerald green and the flowers are correct, which can be listed as the first among the "new eight species of cymbidium". It is a rare and precious variety of red to green plum petals.