Damo Meilan

The life history of Dharma Minglan has always been a topic of discussion and research in the orchid world. After careful and detailed inspection of various published orchid magazines, it is found that the 139th issue of China Orchid Magazine, that is, the May 1993 issue, has an article entitled "the Origin of Dharma and the two famous Orchids of the Tathagata" written by Mr. Xu Wenfu. In addition, in the 108th issue of Guolan Tiandi Magazine, that is, the May 1993 issue, there is an article with exactly the same topic, but the author is Mr. Xu Wenfu. It is not known whether the two Mr. Xu are the same person. Its content details that the origin of "Dharma" is in the mountainous area of Zhuoxi Township, Hualien County. It is located in the Sanmin Lili Mountain checkpoint in Yuli Town, Hualien, which requires a 40-minute locomotive and then a 30-minute walk through "Banana Mountain" and then halfway up another mountain area, that is, the site of Dharma and Tathagata. The mountain collector was Mr. Xu Mu-sheng, who lived in Yuli Town, Hualien, in the 1960s (1971 AD). At that time, the three buds of dwarfing newspaper-year-old orchids were already with art stripes. Later, all of them were purchased and resold by Mr. Liu Jiancheng, a retired employee of Taiwan Electric Power, to Mr. Chen Guolin of Beitou. The full amount of the transaction was recorded. Therefore, it is inferred that people, things, and places have been described in detail, and the credibility is quite high. As for other magazines and albums, it is also true that Damo is produced in eastern Taiwan Province, but there are different opinions when it comes to the age, some refer to 62, and some refer to 1959. In short, it is also difficult to visit the original collectors. It would be okay to believe that Mr. Xu mentioned that in 1980. The origin of the name of Dama orchid should be an allusion. Mr. Chen's national forest not only cultivated mountain orchid, but also cultivated brown bamboo, which was originally named after Dharma, who was watching brown bamboo. It was only later that they were all changed to (Dharma) and became famous orchids. Dharma Japanese means tumbler, round, short, fat, watering, broad leaves, thick mesophyll, fat and sturdy blue wood, really subtle and appropriate. There are different descriptions of Dharma: "all the essence of the orchid is a national treasure." "is the king of the Yilan people." "Dharma is listed as the world's most expensive plant. The transaction price is more than 20 million Taiwan dollars (RMB 6 or 7 million yuan). Damolan has unique advantages, material, quality, type, art, change, everything is really the best pursued by everyone in the orchid nationality.

The amount of dharma in the early stage is small. There are many seed seekers. the sale of green leaf products worth more than NT $1 million is not news, and later cyanotic hats, claws, claw arts, or such as Sangyuan are all at prices above 1 million yuan, regardless of Sanhe, Liuhe, Shihe, and chimera art transactions are at a peak; someone once traded a pot of claw art for a high-rise building in Taichung City. and developed Mocha; other imported cars, land changers can be found everywhere. Damoram has created many multimillionaires in Taiwan, and some people have lost all their money as a result of failed sales. Damolan was a coveted variety in the eyes of Lanyou at that time, in order to raise Damolan to meet his wishes.

In 1988 (AD 1999), Mr. Jiang Bofeng and others initiated the preparation for the formation of the Dharma Society, which received enthusiastic responses. At the end of May, the Taiwan Damo Yilan Association formally established and elected Mr. Lin Hanrong as its chairman. Lin Hanrong has been re-elected for the second term in 1990. Mr. Lin Hanrong is enthusiastic about conference affairs. Actively promote business, held three exhibitions, three appreciation shows And participated in Japan, Chinese mainland, Hong Kong exhibitions are well received. Taiwan Province Orchid Exhibition has a "Dharma special exhibition area." Promote Dharma to keep the status of famous orchid in the orchid boundary as lofty and stable as Mount Tai. Although the price has its ups and downs, the famous orchid is still the favorite in the eyes of orchid friends. Mr. Li Heping, a famous man in the orchid world, also held a personal special exhibition in Taichung with Dama Minglan, which caused a sensation in the orchid world and became famous. It can be seen that Minglan will never be lonely. In terms of introducing the name Landamo, Wu Sengyuan's "Dharma album" was published many years ago. Peng Shuangsong, an orchid celebrity published in 91, wrote the Dharma album. With wonderful content and pictures and texts, it is a very rare masterpiece, which leaves historical witness for the famous orchids of Dharma and adds a stirring force to the orchid world. Damolan has made a deep impression in the international orchid show and won the championship in the Canadian Flower Show. The "treasure" in the eyes of Lanyou in Japan is a "national treasure" in the eyes of Lanyou in the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Dharma has been down the mountain for more than 30 years, the number of reproduction is considerable, and all kinds of art directions have appeared, but the number of top and special art directions is still small, and it is difficult to find one, such as the real "treasure art", "brocade art" and "crane art". The standard "medium spot art", "medium through art", "tricolor art"; good continuity, how many art to the standard? Some people think that there are a lot of Damolan, yes; mostly in green leaf products, claws, claw art and initial changes, as well as some unstable semi-finished products. The real finished product, which does not spend much, has yet to be cultivated by Lanyou. In a few years, there may be "tricolor Dharma" or "snow-white spots and penetration". And hope to have "Golden Dharma" and the real "Taishan Jinyi Dharma". If the above art direction appears, I believe it will not be difficult to create another peak of Dharma. Tens of millions of NT dollars per bud is not a dream, and scarcity is precious. There is nothing "impossible" in the world.

Dharma was officially unveiled at the Taipei people's activity Center in February of 1949 (1984), hosted by the Taipei Orchid Association. At the beginning, the primary products with white and cyan lines appeared, and then made progress year after year. By the year 91, the completed art directions are: cyanotic hat, claw art, spot stripe, middle spot art, claw spot art, big top crown art, crane art, first spot. Wait. Such as the old varieties of Xu Shuojin, Daxun, Ruiyu, Ruihuang, Yusong, pension, Taishan brocade, Ruiying …... There are all such things, but continuity and stability need to be tested over time, because it is not easy for genetics to be the same from generation to generation. it is precisely because of this situation that we have to wait harder and patiently, there is still a long way to go, and the goal is correct. I look forward to the early arrival of the ideal art, and the completion of unprecedented monuments in orchid history will appear.

Dharma downhill brings shock and excitement to the orchid world. Damo art is changing in many directions, and its mutation is particularly strong. There are often unexpected changes. It is the best in the world that is worth cultivating, studying and appreciating. I hope everyone will cherish it and carry it forward.

Dama claw