Cuitao Chunlan

The outer three petals are very wide, the roots are diamond-shaped, thin, green, like peach blossom petals, hence the name, holding the petals close to the back, hard into a yellow lump, thick and small tongue, shaped like "three petals and one nose". Scape is high in color and purplish red, and the leaf width is arched. Scape high emerald green, leaves narrow obliquely erect. The leaves are hard. Cuitao (Pinlian, Changlian) during the reign of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, the "Cuitao" produced by Zhu Changliang in Fuyang, Zhejiang Province, had three sepals with red silk and clam shells holding the heart, such as the tongue, but it was a pity that it was lost during the war. According to Mr. Zhang Peiyuan, the flower master of Yang Zuchen's family in Ningbo, according to Mr. Zhang Peiyuan, the flower master of Yang Zuchen's family in Ningbo, "during the reign of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1867), Xu Baoguo, a big farmer of orchid in Pujiang County, Zhejiang Province, found it in the mountains near Changlianyan (place of place), and later sold it to Lin Hanzhi, Shanghai's' Lin Tianyi Sheng'. Because its sepals are diamond-shaped, it is commonly known as peach petal (somewhat similar to peach shape), and Mr. Lin Hanzhi is named Cuitao because of the light emerald green flowers, and because of the origin of Changlianyan. Therefore, some people are also called Pinlian and Changlian. Lin Hanzhi is a friend of Yang Zuchen's parents, and they also have business contacts. At that time, both Yang Zuchen and Zhang Peiyuan were very young and called Lin Hanzhi their uncles. They were both very familiar with each other and often exchanged orchids. Therefore, generally speaking, the history of Cuitao provided by Yang Zuchen and Master Zhang Peiyuan is not infallible. According to the record of Lan Hui in Xiushui, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province: "Cuitao: a new kind of lotus." Out of the Pujiang Mountains, he was planted for Mr. Hanzhi Lin Tianyi ginseng in Shanghai. The flower is eight minutes wide, one inch long, the head is pointed green, and the stem is as thin as a lantern. Ye narrow, what a strange species. The book "Chinese Orchid" published in Japan in the 1950s also records in detail the origin and characteristics of Cuitao orchid, which is basically consistent with the above. The leaves are mixed with the exposed leaves, the leaves are thin, the middle is wide and flat, the petiole is tight and thin, the leaf tip is short and obtuse, the leaf width is about 1-1.2 cm, the length is about 23-26 cm, the leaf margin is serrated densely, emerald green, bright, and the leaf is prone to brown spot, so we should pay attention to prevent it. The buds are large and round in shape. The bracts are light purplish red, with green color, and the reddish-purple vein runs through the tip. Bracts very pale purplish red and greenish halo. 3 sepals round and broad, flesh thick, upright, the base is tight, light emerald green and delicate, the end is sometimes concave with peach-shaped wrinkle, the sidelobe is always flat and extended, extremely noble and beautiful. Hold the flap close the back, hard into two yellow circles. The tongue flap has roots and the front end is small and sharp, commonly known as "wearing the cheek and tongue". Among the two, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Orchid often use "three petals and one nose" to describe the characteristics of Cuitao. However, if you look carefully, you will find that Cuitao, like other orchids, is not short of petals, but just huddled together. Green peach blossom red, known as red peach, stem thin short round, only 6-8 cm high, blooming under or with leaves, rarely leaping on the leaf surface to bloom. The outer wheel is wide, while the middle palace is tight and small, which is one of the basic characteristics of Cuitao. Perhaps because of the soil quality and light intensity, the green peach blossom will appear green mixed with light purplish red, the petals are larger than the red peach, and the flower color is greener, which is called green peach. There are many differences between the red pedicel green peach orchid and the typical spring orchid petal. However, because the shape of the peach blossom has certain characteristics, it is another kind of appreciation character. Cuitao was extradited to Japan in 1931.