Yumei Su Chunlan

It was selected in Shaoxing during Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty. The leaves stand obliquely, thick and hard, thin and narrow. The leaves are dark green and slightly glossy. The bracts are reddish with green tints. Flower outside 3 petaloid long foot round head, close root flat edge, petaloid end is small float, small fall shoulder. Shallow pocket hold, pure white Ruyi tongue, ribs have slightly red, also known as "red shell peach cheeks plum element." With a single flower, regardless of color, petal quality, jade plum element are unmatched by those who pity small flowers, short stems!

Yumei element C. goeringii-Yu Mei Su plum petal variety (selected in Shaoxing during Kangxi period of Qing Dynasty, with a history of more than 300 years, it is one of the oldest traditional varieties handed down so far)

Features: thin leaves, leaf posture inclined stand, side leaves half droop, leaf pole is thick hard. The leaf color is especially deep, the new seedling leaf surface is slightly shiny, the leaf groove is V shape, the leaf edge is serrated, the petiole is not tight, the leaf length is 20~35 cm, the leaf is thin, belongs to the spring orchid of thin leaf shape, the new bud is red purple. Scape short and thin, sheath and bracts brownish green, sepals long ovoid, thick, petals from the end pocket, hard, labellum short round, pure white.

Floral bract scarlet, bract tip has green color, stick flesh bract shell light green color, without veins. Flower stalk purplish red, stalk not tall, 6~8 cm, outside 3 petaloid long foot garden head, petal float, drop shoulder slightly. Petals white edged, short rounded, shallow. The tongue is short and pleasant. The tongue is white, and the cheeks are slightly red, which is peach cheeks. This kind of easy to raise, need fat less. Easy to bloom, flowering often earlier than other spring orchids, warm winter often by spring flowering. This kind of flower bud, should maintain a certain humidity, otherwise flower stem short, flowering early. Don't let them do it. Otherwise, the flower stem is very short, and the water content needs to be controlled after flowering, otherwise the petals turn back, affecting the viewing. Yumeisu is the only one of the traditional spring orchid varieties with red shell and heart, which is widely spread.

"Zhejiang Lanhui" has a different photo with the following text: Yumei Su Legend (Qing Dynasty) Kangxi Tianlu years (1688 - 1704), selected by Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, jade plum petal plain heart flower, named "Yumei Su." The buds are purplish red, with leaves 20-28 cm long and 0.8 cm wide. Dark green leaves slightly luster; thick leaves, leaves have "V"-shaped grooves, leaf posture inclined. Scape 8-10 cm high, pedicels light purple, bracts light purple green. [Outer three-petaled long foot round head], closed root, flat edge; bilateral calyx slightly dropped shoulder, accessory valve round head in the middle of concave shape, do not have demeanor. Petals for short and from the pocket Guanyin hold; Lip for white Ruyi tongue, tongue surface without red stripes (so also known as "white tongue plum"). The lower lip side lobes (commonly known as gills) have a pink blush, known as "peach gills." More precisely: Yumei element belongs to the traditional spring orchid in the "red shell plum petal peach branchial element." Yumei Su has a long history, bud purple is special; lips cheeks see red, peach cheeks Su heart people attention.