Zheng Xiaohe Huilan

Petal type: cymbidium, lotus features: outer three long feet, angular root, clam shell holding, bangs tongue, green color. The main and secondary petals are all lotus petals with broad center, thick petals, light green flat shoulders, sharp front petals and main features. Large round tongue, thick flesh, short, inverted heart-shaped, red dot is very special, ovary beautiful reddish purple, flower stem thick, reddish, thick leaves for blue background, glossy, medium-thin leaves, easy to breed.

It was first seen in Lan Hui Ming Jian in Japan, but the origin and breeding history are unknown. The flower shape is very similar to "Ding Xiaohe". The leaf posture is oblique, the edge leaf is semi-drooping, the leaf is narrow, the leaf tip is long, the leaf surface is "V" shaped, the leaf is thick and hard, and the leaf color is dark green and shiny. It is about 40-50 cm long and only 0.8 cm wide. The new buds are green and there are bright red silk lines on the top. The bud is red-green, the pedicel is about 50 cm high, the pedicel is pink-purple, the pedicel is red, and there are not many flowers, only 5-7. The outer three petals take root. The angle is in the shape of a lotus, the tip of the valve has an obvious tip, the tip is slightly floating, flat shoulder, including hugging and putting, clam shell holding core column, the shape is correct. Big round bangs tongue, thick tongue flap, red dot in the middle and radial, green moss around the red dot, white around the tongue flap, very round and bright. The bright green and beautiful flowers, coupled with the red stalk and beautiful tongue petals, give people the feeling of being beautiful and elegant, which is indeed a rare treasure among the cymbidium flowers. It has been introduced from Japan in recent years, but the quantity is small. Although this variety is similar to "Ding Xiaohe", the biggest difference lies in the holding flap and the tongue flap. "Ding Xiaohe" is a golden yellow flat pocket, double tongue, "Zheng Xiaohe" is a clam shell holding, color green and bangs tongue, for a small type of lotus valve. And "Ding Xiaohe" is a lotus-shaped gold daffodil.

Alias: Ding Xiaohe (to be tested) School: Chi, he Xian grade: middle and upper grade status: Huilan lotus petal representative history: during the reign of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, Ding was selected by orchid people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Leaf wood: the leaf posture is oblique, the leaf surface is "V" shaped, the leaf is thick and hard, and the leaf color is dark green and shiny. It is about 40-55 cm long and only 0.8-1 cm wide. The new bud is green, and the tip of the bud has a bright red halo. Flower appearance: pink purple flower stalk red, each covered with 5-7 flowers, flowers out of the shelf. The angle of the outer three petals is lotus-shaped, and the tip of the valve has an obvious tip, which is slightly floating, flat shoulder, including hugging and putting. Clam shell holding, big round bangs tongue, decorated with bright erythema, tongue slightly deficient. Comments: Zheng Xiaohe petals green and beautiful, with red flower stalks and bright tongue in strong contrast, impressive. Taiwan Orchid Jie commented that "this species has a flower and leaf tone and beauty, but also has a foreign atmosphere, so it is a rare species." it can be said to the point. In front of and behind who plans [1], the situation is a secluded grass. [2] Don't ask the words on Sansheng Stone, but now Xiao he knows me nothing? In the orchid works of the past, there was only Ding Xiaohe and no Zheng Xiaohe. After the 1970s, a large number of famous orchids from Japan, Taiwan and other places returned one after another, and the name "Zheng Xiaohe" appeared in the orchid spectrum, but "Ding Xiaohe" disappeared. The debate between Zheng Xiaohe and Ding Xiaohe is also a hot topic for orchid people. there are many such "problems left over from history" in the orchid world, such as Jiyuan and old ten yuan, Da Fu Gui and Zheng Tonghe, Yuanzi and Nanyangmei, Liu Mei and Lou Mei, Qinghuamei and Pan Lv, Diaicui and Dayipin, Xiuzi and Duan Huimei. There is only one root cause of these problems, and that is the fault of the orchid culture. In fact, the topic of cultural fault can be delayed, involving history, politics, society, humanities and other aspects. the so-called orchid culture is only a small slice in the big cultural system, which can be analyzed, discussed and studied as a microcosm. But in the limited space of this little book, the author intends to stop here and stop talking about it. Therefore, for Ding Xiaohe and Zheng Xiaohe, this article will no longer make a "poor" exposition, one of the reasons is as mentioned above, another reason is that I do not have the evidence and ability to solve this mystery. All I know is that they are almost the only remaining lotus flowers with the name of "lotus" among the old famous products of Huilan. As the saying goes, "it is easy to choose a thousand plums, but it is hard to get one." for Huilan, this seems to be even more so. So far, we can hardly see or say the famous Huihe products that fully meet the traditional standard of "lotus petal". So emotionally, my psychology is contradictory: I hope that today's Zheng Xiaohe is Ding Xiaohe recorded in the Lan Shu, so that a traditional classic variety can be continued; I also hope that Zheng Xiaohe is not Ding Xiaohe. In this way, there is another famous product "he" in the Huilan spectrum. Hope is not equal to reality. The only fact is that Ding Xiaohe, along with the traditional orchids of the same period, went to Japan, and after many years, a cymbidium named Zheng Xiaohe returned to China. Some people say that the so-called "Zheng Xiaohe" is the homonym of "Ding Xiaohe", so they are the same thing, but the Japanese are wrong. I am willing to accept this guess, but it also stops at guessing. After all, all the past will not start all over again. It was like a dream-Zheng Xiaohe knocked on the door and walked in, no one knew his past life; Ding Xiaohe opened a door and walked out, no one knew his present life.

[1] with the allusions of "Sansheng Stone", see the anecdotes of the Tang hermit Li Yuan and the monk Yuanze. The poem said: "the old spirit on the Sansheng stone should not be discussed to enjoy the moon and recite the wind." Ashamed lovers visit each other from afar, although the opposite sex lasts forever. There is a vast expanse of things in front of me and behind me, and I am afraid that my heart will be broken if I want to talk about fate. Wu Yue had searched all over the mountains and rivers, but he went back to Yanchang and went to Qutang. " Both Zheng Xiaohe and Sanshengshi came out of Wu Yue. [2] the situation is: not to mention, besides.

Zheng Xiaohe has a characteristic that distinguishes other old varieties of Huilan. In general, the leaf tip and midvein of Zheng Xiaohe's new seedlings are slightly dark red, which is more unique in traditional varieties.