How about the old word: Lazy flower? Cymbidium old-dye orchid picture

Petal type: red shell plum petal history: Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty was selected by the surname Ruan of Jiashan, Zhejiang. Also known as the word Ruan. Features: three lobes are short, narrow and deep, shoulders are flat, nests big Guanyin holds the heart, large round tongue, and sometimes flowers bloom; the tip of the lip is inlaid, warped or skewed, so it is commonly known as the old dyed word of the scale hook head. The scape is slender. It is one of the eight older species of Cymbidium.

According to the Lan Hui Xiao Shi, Lao ran Zi is also known as Ruan Zi. During the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty, the surname of Jiashan Ruan came out. The book's evaluation is: "the old kind of Red Christine has the most muscles and bones." while Yilan's predecessor, Yuyao Wang Shuping, wrote in his "50 years of experience on Orchid", "the tongue deviates to the left, and the grass is extremely difficult to raise." These two books summarize all the characteristics of Lao Dengzi with great accuracy.

In April this year, on the sixth day after the top flower of the old dye word opened, I took a picture of her. Then, I cut the flower and put it in a vase. After waiting for other flowers to bloom and shoot a roll of film, I took them for development and printing. Two weeks later, the photo came out. I suddenly found that the old dye word had not been taken well, and the flower was too small, so I had to try to re-take a picture of the old dye word inserted in the bottle. As can be seen from the photo, the old dyed word belongs to a very tangible flower. Although the outer three petals are not too wide, they are extremely urgent. Take a deep look at the sound pocket and the big bangs. Two weeks later, the color of the old dyed word has turned yellow, but the flower is hardly out of shape. The feeling of the whole flower is still very delicate and energetic. Thus it can be seen that the muscles and bones of the old dyed words are really the best of Chixiu!

The flower shape of the old dye character is generally recorded in the orchid book, but these books often lack a description of the shape of the old dye Yu leaf. "Orchid in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province", "three hundred questions on Chinese Orchid" and Mr. Wang Jun's "also talk about Nanyangmei" and "Old dyeing character" all think that the old dye character is short and broad-leaved, with sloping leaves and many leaves, which are only 3040 cm long. What puzzles me most is that, according to my observation, the old dyed words have light green leaves, tall and straight leaves, broad leaves, deep grooves, V-shaped leaves, thin and white veins, but different leaf lengths, which mainly vary from place of origin. The leaf length of the dye introduced from Jiangsu is about 45 cm, while that of the introduced from Japan is even more than 60 cm, but the leaf is a little thinner. However, compared with the new grass issued this year, there is little difference between the two. The leaves of the dyed grass introduced in Japan are no longer more than 50 centimeters long, but they appear to be wider, and the leaves are thicker than those produced in Jiangsu. The germination rate is also significantly higher. So I think we can only say that the leaf length of old dyed words is generally about 40 centimeters, but due to different environment and cultivation methods, it may also be longer than 60 centimeters, or shorter of course.

Another feature of the old dye character is that it is difficult to raise grass, which may be the reason why she, as one of the eight, has a very long history, but it does not spread much now. Old dyed characters are difficult to raise, but from my planting experience, this kind of difficult cultivation is not usually referred to as easy to pour grass and not easy to sprout. Old dyeing is difficult to raise because it is difficult to cultivate big grass and strong grass. The growth of her grass is relatively slower than that of ordinary cymbidium flowers. In daily management, we should first pay attention to the application of thin fertilizer and diligent application as far as possible. In addition, effective and reasonable shading during the summer growth period is the key to improve the growth rate of old dyed grass.