Legend of "myth"

Xinchang, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, is a scenic small town in the south of the Yangtze River. The world-famous Xinchang Great Buddha Temple is a must for everyone who comes to Xinchang. In the orchid world, Xinchang is a very important orchid town, has always been a blessed land to produce orchids, but also a place to create myths. The famous Chunlan tiger butterfly comes from here. In some of the new flowers in Xinchang, many of them are of high grade, and there are even ten new lotus. Among the many new flowers, the "myth" of Chunlan new lotus petals is absolutely outstanding. In 2007, "Myth" won the gold medal as soon as it was unveiled in the Orchid Exhibition in Zhejiang Province. This flower was immediately bought by Taizhou Lanyou at the price of 150000 yuan per seedling. From then on, Zhejiang Orchid Jie added another excellent new flower, which became the expectation in the heart of Orchid friends. In 2008, "Myth" was unveiled again in Xinchang Orchid Exhibition and won the only special gold award. I also had the honor to see the real flower and marvel at its unique style: tall scape, graceful flowers, graceful and dignified. In front of a small pot of orchids, it is crowded with enthusiasts, constantly taking pictures. If the orchid is spiritual, when she sees such crazy behavior, she will be too ashamed to hide in the ledger and refuse to come out.

"Myth" Ye Zi is firm and oblique, with snowflake crystal spots, thick waxy and bright leaves. Continuous compound flowers in 2007 and 2008, the flowers are straight and stable, the flowers are fragrant, short round, and the big round tongue U-shaped red block is large and bright. In general, the scape of the lotus petal is not high and falls more than the shoulder, but this flower is valuable in that the scape is as high as 15 cm, the flower blossoms flat shoulder, shows arch hug shape, does not hang for a long time, does not change form does not wither color, and the flower pattern is coordinated as a whole, which is rare among the lotus petals of Chunlan. It can be said to be a rare top grade of lotus petals.

Many orchid friends are asking how the "myth" was discovered. We have to talk about its breeder, Chen Jiang, a rookie in Xinchang Orchid. Chen Jiangzheng, a city native of Xinchang, made a living by digging orchids and collecting new products a few years ago. He passed through many new products of Chunlan and spread around the world. His orchid affinity is so good that people envy him. Moving to the public lotus, Sanhua lotus, Xiaoyao and so on, all come from their own hands.

Let's say that in the winter of 2000, Chen Jiang was buying the downhill dragon root grass in Zhoushan when he saw a small grass with lotus-shaped leaves, round heads and carapace clinging to the farmers' stalls. With his keen sense of bluegrass, Chen Jiang felt that the grass was worth gambling, so he spent 50 yuan to buy it. Under the meticulous care of Chen Jiang, the grass grows more and more beautiful, gradually showing the appearance of lotus petals. Since then, there have been bids for the introduction of this grass, even if someone offered 20,000 a seedling, Chen Jiang was not moved. He decided that the grass would blossom well and would not do it until he saw the flowers. An orchid friend who loves "mythology" once wrote this experience: in the spring of 2001, Chen Jiang asked me to see the relocation of the public lotus. I said to him, "Flowers are lotus petals, grass is not my concept of lotus petals." Chen Jiang smiled and said, "I also have the standard lotus grass you mentioned." With that, he took out a small grass-the "myth" of the future, 2 seedlings, 5 or 6 centimeters high. I looked at it: "Global!" Chen Jiang smiled and said, "if you look carefully, it may be Suhe. The bud is vegetarian. People have already offered me 5000 yuan, and I won't sell it." I said, "are you crazy? Gambling grass sells for NT $5000, but how much do you sell when you move to the public lodge? " He smiled without saying a word. If you look at this thing carefully, the whole leaf is a bit like the whole world, but the harvesting and release of the grass is not as good as the whole world, so it stimulates him: "even if you open the lotus valve, the valve will not be too wide." He said, "I bet on Suha!" "then bet on it." put down the grass. I went to enjoy the other flowers. It can be seen that this grass is really predestined with Chen Jiang!

In 2005, I went to Xiaolan House in Chen Jiang and saw this grass: a pot of big grass with 4 or 5 seedlings and a pot of grass with 2 or 3 seedlings. At the beginning, I thought it was really good grass, and there was already a bud with the appearance of a lotus petal. But the root of this grass is not fine, perhaps flowering is also a better lotus flower, do not take it to heart. The bud in 2005 was finally peeled off, which is said to be a lotus petal and did not show its elegant demeanor, which is a great pity.

Perhaps the timing of the "myth" is not good enough. If the flowers are resumed before 2006, the myth will definitely create a myth of sky-high prices. Now, with the emergence of a large number of scientific and technological hybrid varieties, many Lanyou doubt the origin of the "myth", which is also beyond reproach. But we know that if it is a very excellent technological variety, there must be a male parent and a female parent, and there may be a large number of the same variety behind it. Since the appearance of the "myth", similar new lotus petals have not appeared, and there are no similar varieties among the dazzling array of new scientific and technological products, which shows that "myth" is indeed a new product coming down the mountain. This has been recognized by most senior orchid friends. Since the appearance of "Myth", it has been immediately sought after by many orchid friends. The earliest collectors were Taizhou Orchid Friends Miao Weizhong, Zhang Baogen and Bao Lingtong. Later, Lu Xiufu, the leader of Huangyan Orchid World, Qian Changsheng, a big orchid farmer in Shengzhou, Xie Fortune, a big orchid farmer in Xinchang, and Zhang Jianxiong, honorary president of the Orchid Association of China, collected myths one after another. Now, the "myth" of Chunlan Xinpin lotus petal has become a coveted variety for orchid lovers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, eager to one day become an upstart in their own orchid garden, or even the treasure of the town garden.