Mei Chunlan in the West Lake

The new bud is purplish red. Semi-drooping leaves, side leaves are sickle-shaped, thick, broad, dark green, less glossy, new leaves glossy, tip long, sharp, petiole sturdy, extremely thick, vigorous and powerful, majestic posture. Bracts mercurial red, thick green ribs soft and smooth, evenly arranged from base to tip. Sepals broad, large round head, narrow base slightly longer, meat thin and shiny, front-like floating, backward wrinkle, end edge is not round, there are obvious recesses, the main lobe is in the shape of an upper lid. Semi-hard pocket to hold the heart, round tongue, white-green, there are conspicuous red dots on the tongue, the leading edge slightly downward, the end has a gap, similar to double tongues. The quantity of this variety is small, and it is easy to be confused with Tianxingmei.

West Lake plum: Chunlan, plum petal, traditional famous products. History: "West Lake Plum" went down the mountain around 1892 and was selected in Gong Maoxing Garden of Hangzhou City gunpowder Bureau, which is close to the West Lake, so it is called West Lake Plum. Features: medium-broad semi-pendulous leaves, leaf length 25-35 cm, leaf width 0.8-1.2 cm, slightly larger. Three-petal round head, thick meat root, semi-hard pocket heart, small round tongue, flat shoulder, dark green, slightly hard on the whole, but quite coordinated, flowering from January to February, earlier than other spring orchids.