Qinghe Mei Chunlan

Qinghe Mei: the plum petal famous flower found by the Zhang family maid in Tongwu, Hangzhou. Three-petal short garden, semi-hard heart, small tongue, flat shoulder, sometimes flying shoulder, light green, tongue point and flower stem are red, flower rod is also high, sometimes up to seven or eight inches. The medium-thin half-standing leaves, seven or eight inches long, are similar to the set garden, and the fine leaves are also mixed with broad leaves. "Qinghe Mei" was first seen in "Lan Hui Xiao Shi": "A maid surnamed Zhang was found in Tongwu. Three-petal short round, sub-nest semi-hard heart, small Ruyi tongue, flying shoulder. The color is light green, dry seven or eight inches, you belong to Jiufeng Pavilion. " Lanhuapu is available for this product. "Shaoxing Orchid Culture" has only one sentence: "Plum petals, light green flowers, flying shoulders." The "Chinese Orchid Art 300 questions" published in 1999 holds that "this kind of variety is no longer available in China, and this variety has been introduced in Japan in the late 1990s, and it has become popular on the market, and the seedling price is no more than 100 yuan." From its birth to its visit to Japan and its later introduction to China, Qinghe Mei has not attracted the general attention of the orchid circles of China and Japan, and the situation has not improved much. There are no such cultivation records in modern Dalan families in China, such as Zhu Youren, Shen Yuanru, Wang Shuping and so on. In recent years, many orchids have been introduced, I think the main consideration is that it is one of the old plum petals, followed by its flying shoulders. In fact, the most typical flying shoulder of the old species should be the "Donglai" of plum-shaped daffodils, but the whereabouts of "Donglai" is even unknown. It is reported that "Qinghe Mei" mostly blossoms flat shoulders, occasionally flying shoulders. This flower went down the mountain in the early years of the people's Republic of China. It was picked in Tongwu by the gardener surnamed Zhang in Hangzhou and later cultivated by Wu Enyuan. The leaf posture is oblique, the edge leaf is slightly drooping, the leaf is about 20cm long, wide 0.6--0.7cm, the leaf quality is thin, has the leaf groove, the leaf thin tip. The flower stem is red, the stalk is long 15cm or slightly higher, the red dot on the tongue is bright, and the flower is light green. This kind of current price is really not high, such as introduction can be introduced in a reputable orchid field, do not reach out to the drifting orchid vendors, so as not to be fooled.