Orchid terminology

1. Head shape: the shape of a bud or bud. 2. Capsid: refers to the sheath on the bud of orchid, which is an important part of orchid variety identification. 3. Shelling: the bract on the bud of an orchid, also known as selection or bracteoles, is one of the important bases for distinguishing the quality of flowers. 4. The outer three petals: the sepals of Chinese orchids. 5. Main lobe: that is, the main sepals, also known as mesocalyx. 6. Sidelobe: left and right sepals. 7. Zhonggong: the general name of the three petals and core column of an orchid. 8. Holding petals: also known as Gongxin, that is, the 2 petals above the inside of the orchid. 9. Tongue petal: the petal in the middle of the inside of the orchid, also known as the lip petal, is the most varied and beautiful petal in the orchid. 10. Nose: the core column of an orchid, androgynous. 11. Node: the place on the pedicel where sepals and petals are born, also known as the core column foot. 12. Shoulder: refers to the shape of 2 lateral sepals, compared with the shoulder of the human body, such as flat shoulder, flying shoulder, falling shoulder, door shoulder and so on, so as to appreciate the appearance of flowers. 13. Tight edge: refers to the edge of 3 sepals slightly wrapped inward, so that the shape of the sepals uniform, the opposite of the flat edge, anti-Joe wrinkle and other forms of appellation. 14. Embracing: refers to the posture of the orchid, the front ends of the three sepals are curved and embrace, and the two holding petals are closed on the two sides of the core column and in the shape of hugging. 15. Five-lobed areole: the two handfuls are slightly separated to form the shape of the outer three lobes and the five-lobed areoles. This posture is the most graceful. 16. the root angle: the root of the 3 sepals is thinned and the front end is triangular, that is, the root angle. 17. Phoenix eyes; the sepals converge together before the orchids are budding, and the sepals at the root of the buds are intersected with a research-like gap, known as Phoenix eyes. 18. Up and down: refers to the form of overlap of three sepals when the orchid is not in bloom, with the main sepals attached to the lower sepals, the flowers blooming and falling shoulder, and the lateral sepals hugging the main sepals for upper lap and positioning falling shoulders. 19. Sand cloud: refers to the texture on the shell of an orchid flower. The transparent particles on the shell are hidden as sand, clouds as smoke and fog, and clouds as pink. 20. Pick up the pocket; only refers to the front end of the flap wrapped inward, shaped like a soup spoon is a pocket. 21. Flower: also known as pattern, refers to the format or appearance of an orchid blooming. twenty-two。 Bones and muscles: also known as Hua Shou, refers to the flower shape and bud after the orchid bloom can last how many days the shape does not change, the color does not change. 23. Lid: refers to the spreading shape of the main lobe, that is, the main sepals. 24. Skirt: as the name implies, it is the edge of the skirt. 25. Red spot: refers to the red dot on the lip flap. twenty-six。 Put the foot; the sepals of some orchids gradually elongate as the flowers bloom, that is, the back of the sepals. twenty-seven。 Thick head: the front end of the sepals of the orchid is thicker than the middle, which is called the thick head. twenty-eight。 Butterfly: refers to the lip of the sepals of an orchid. twenty-nine。 Fold: also known as fold belt, the middle of the orchid tongue valve has a high immortal triangular fold, fold for the meaning of clothing fold. thirty。 Insect, plum of Chinese orchid, daffodil art comes out in the form of shell when it blossoms, the name varies from place to place, such as Yixing, Wuxi, Changshu, Zhejiang, Suzhou and Shanghai, respectively.

The young buds of Cymbidium are commonly known as bells. When the pedicel grows to a certain height, each young flower bell grows on it, showing a vertical shape, close to the pedicel, this form is called small row bell. The young bell flower stalk leaves the stem horizontally and is called a large row of bell. At this time, the petal is about to bloom and bloom gradually. Up and down-when Phoenix eyes are exposed, the top of the cover on both sides of the back of the petals is called upper and lower, and the lower chest is called lower. Phoenix Eye-before the outer three valves are budding, the tips of the main valve and the accessory valve are connected to each other, where the edge of one side of the main valve and the side valve bulge each other and the gap is exposed in the middle, the root of the tongue is exposed, and the side of the heart can be seen in the middle. This area is called Phoenix Eye. If the Phoenix eyes are big and deep, the petals must be wide and have a pocket, and will not fall on the shoulder. Stem-the flowering stem of an orchid. Chunlan is short, generally 0.2 cm thick, better than 10 cm. If it is dwarfed in the foliage of the basin, it is difficult to see due to masking, which hinders its elegant appearance (except the genus Gaihe in the short leaves). The flower stem of Cymbidium is stronger and taller, and the flower stem is generally 0.3 cm thick and more than 20 cm higher. According to the traditional evaluation, Cymbidium with large flowers and fine peduncles is the most expensive, commonly known as lantern peduncles, if small flowers coarse peduncles, commonly known as wooden peduncles, is inferior. The pedicel is always straight and round as the standard. Color, in the spring orchid to blue and dry blue and white as the top grade, such as Songmei, Lvying and so on; the pedicel of the first grade of Cymbidium is as white and green as jade, the stem is tall and the flower is large, which is one of the most graceful varieties of Cymbidium. In Chixiu, it is better to have a thick stem, such as Cheng Mei Gan, which is quite spectacular. Although the pedicel takes the fine circle as the top grade, but this is relative, as long as it matches the shape of the flower, it still belongs to the top grade. The color of the orchid pedicel, according to the "Guang Qun Fang Spectrum", said: "Purple peduncle blue flower is the first, green peduncle blue flower is the second, purple pedicel purple flower is second, the rest is not included in the product." Red spot-the color must be bright, clear, bright and well-distributed in order to be regarded as the top grade and arouse people's sense of beauty. The red spots on the tongue of Cymbidium are one-point, two-point or font-shaped, as well as block-shaped or Yuanbao-shaped. Cymbidium and other red spots and blocks on the tongue are different from Chunlan in that they are mostly scattered, dense and dark in color. Nose-- that is, the stamen. Its shape should be small and flat, hold the petal tightly, and the flower shape can be handsome. If the nose is thick (commonly known as big head), the two petals are bound to open, this form is commonly known as "open skylight", three-petal flower shape, no matter how good, can not be used as a top grade. Moss-that is, a fluffy substance attached to the tongue, with uniform fine color waxy as the top grade, thick and dark color as inferior. Green and white are the best, followed by yellowish. 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), the holding valve is mainly bright and clean, according to its form can be divided into: silkworm moth-shaped 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-the tip of the petal is rounded and obtuse, and the petal is thick and pocket-shaped, similar to the shape of one end of the broad bean shell, such as Guanding in Cymbidium. Clam shell holding-each petal is like an empty clam shell, such as Changshu, Da Kuihe in Chunlan, Tesu in Cymbidium and so on. Scissors holding-holding petals are shaped like scissors, such as Wentuan in Chunlan, Hua Zi and Red Tuanzi in Huilan. Crab clamp holding-the back of the valve is raised in the middle and the tip is flattened. Wannianmei in Cymbidium is the most typical. Cat ear hold-the front part of the petal is turned upward, shaped like a cat's ear, such as the bee Qiao and Duoyun in Cymbidium. Short round holding-the holding valve is short and round, and the back of the valve is curved, such as Zheng Tonghe. Pu fan holding-the petal is short and round, but the back of the petal is small, such as the western god plum in the spring orchid. Indescribable-although the holding valve is not pocket-shaped, but the tip edge of the valve is slightly unspeakable, such as the lid in the spring orchid. According to the posture of holding the flap, some of the two pieces are separated or partially connected with each other, or even mixed glue with the nose (stamen) and tongue (lip flap), so they can be divided into three forms: the five lobes are divided into nests-the two handfuls are separated respectively, and the base of the petal is born at the confluence of the outer three lobes. 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. Shoulder closure back-the flap is connected with the nose and tongue to form a massive whole, or there are traces of slight separation between the tip of the valve and the nose, such as Cai Mei Narcissus and Cymbidium in Cymbidium. Among the three kinds of holding flap implantation forms, the five-valve nest shape is the most beautiful, followed by split head and back, and shoulder and back is the worst. Orchid cream-also known as life dew. When the cymbidium flower turns to be in full bloom, at the end of the flower stalk (next to the flower stalk), there is a drop of fine crystal clear gel, which tastes like honey, and if wiped out at will, it is easy to cause the flower to wilt early. Orchid ointment is rarely seen in spring orchids, or occasionally it is a tiny dot. Arrow-after the flower stem of the orchid emerges from the bract shell, it gradually grows tall. this process is commonly known as arrow drawing. Seed bud-a young leaf bud, commonly known as a seed bud, that grows from the base of a pseudocorm. The seed buds are just exposed to the soil, and the tips of green flowers and vegetarian heart petals are white-green; for example, the bud tips of red green shells or mercury red shells are reddish; for example, red shells are reddish purple. The buds that break the soil before and after "mildew" are the strongest, such as those that break the soil in summer are weaker; if the buds growing as late as autumn are commonly known as "autumn stalks", they are small and thin, and the bundles of leaves are also short and narrow. Sand halo-the fine dust-like microdots scattered between the ribs are called sand; dense like smoke and heavy fog are called halos. If there is sand and halo on the bract shell, most of them have plum valve and daffodil valve. For example, the sand on the bract shell is as dense as apricot hair, and when the bud gradually grows, the top part of the core is dark green, and most of them have plum-shaped daffodils. If the sand halo is soft, the color is white or green, the vegetarian heart valve is mostly. All famous flowers with petal shape must have sand halo in addition to the fine waxy grain on their bract shell and reaching the top. Shell-that is, bracts. It has many colors, such as green shell, white shell, red to green, mercury red, red shell and so on. However, due to the color of the ribs and sand halo, there are dark green, light green, bamboo leaf green, bamboo root green, pink green, green hemp shell, white hemp shell, kenaf shell, lotus color, dark purple, pig liver red shell and so on. Among them, mercury red shell, green shell and red to green shell are the most famous flowers. In addition, the shell can be divided into loose and tight, thick and thin. According to the experience of our Yilan ancestors, no matter which color shell, there are good flowers, but the color must be bright, the shell is thin and hard, and the color is glutinous; if the shell is thin and soft, it is called "rotten clothes", and there are few top-grade flowers; for example, the shell is thick and hard, the color is soft and waxy, and there are also good flowers frequently.

Shells are divided into long and short shells, commonly known as long-tip shells and short-tip shells. Where the color of the middle of the short tip shell is thick and thick, the sharp point has a meat hook, and the bract tip is in the shape of a magpie mouth, mostly out of plum valve and daffodil valve. If the shell is long and the bract tip is obtuse, most of them have lotus-shaped daffodils. Such as green rib green shell, white tendon green shell, tendon fine hemp fiber, crystal clear, and through the tip to the top, and sand halo and shell, tendons, hemp the same color, often appear vegetarian heart valve. The belly tendons of Cymbidium bract shell are covered with sand halo, and there are grains protruding like beads, plum valve and daffodil valve appear frequently, but the shell color can not be too bright. Such as cymbidium stamens bract shell tight round stout, lower foot, generally open lotus-shaped large petal flowers.

Tendons-- that is, the slender tendons on the bracts. The tendons are long and short, dense, thick, flat, protruding, and of different colors. Tendons are always slender through the top, soft, sparse but not dense and slightly glossy, often petal flowers appear. If the tendons are thick to the top, the petals will be wide, and there will be lotus petals. Such as green rib green shell or white shell green rib, ribbed stripes up to the top, bract shell around the crystal transparent, that most of the vegetarian heart valve is more likely. Plum petal and daffodil petal have fine waxy tendons and need to be covered with sand halos in the middle. Sheath-- that is, a piece of several layers of bracts close to a flower, also known as a fleshy bud. This kind of bract is wider, thicker and longer than other orchids in Chunlan species, some are placed behind the main petal, some are lateral, and some are planted on the front of the pedicel far away from the flower. The inner bracteoles of Cymbidium, Jian Orchid, Qiu Orchid, Cold Orchid and New year Orchid are always placed at the end of each short flower stalk, and its base is half wrapped on the flower stalk, and the first half of it is expanded and open. Where there are a variety of petal-shaped flowers of the small buds must show a strong different color, and there is light, Chunlan is the most obvious. If the color is light and thin, the petal flesh is also thin; if there is a different color on one side, when there is no pocket on the other side, there is a pocket on one side and no pocket on the other side. Hemp-short tendons on bracts that do not reach the top, called hemp. The thickness and length of hemp are uneven, and the arrangement is relatively close. This kind of vulgarity is called Malo. If it is empty and sparse with each other, it is also full of colorful sand halos, often with odd valves or xenogeneic heart valves. Due to different colors, hemp can be divided into green hemp, kenaf, white hemp, brown hemp and so on. According to the time when the bud was unearthed sooner or later, it is divided into deep and shallow.