Teaching and Analysis of Plum petal Morphology of Orchid

From ancient times to the present, in the process of continuous development and evolution, Chinese orchids have gradually established a theoretical system with the petal shape, flower color, leaf type and leaf color of orchid petals as the main appreciation criteria. This theory is an established standard, not a standard demonstrated by botanists. It is a habit and a habit integrated into Chinese culture. This set of petal appreciation standards summarized by Yilan predecessors has been widely recognized by everyone. A unified national standard has been formed, which has become an important reference for the breeding of Chinese orchids and has had a far-reaching impact on later generations.

Chunlan standard plum petal flower-Song Mei

We often use the petal shape of orchids to measure the quality of an orchid, which is also the basic knowledge that must be mastered by orchid enthusiasts. According to the petals of orchids, they can be divided into three categories: regular petals, odd petals and colored flowers. As the name implies, regular petal flowers are petal-shaped, well-behaved and normal flowers, among which regular petal flowers are divided into plum petals, lotus petals and daffodils. Strange flowers are divided into: butterfly, peony, chrysanthemum petal, tree shape, lion head, crystal Color flowers are divided into: White, green, red, orange, yellow, black and so on. These three methods of plum flowers were first applied to Chunhui in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and then gradually developed to the whole country. In addition, there are folks such as super petals and group petals. Today we only talk about plum petals inside the plum petals, and other petal shapes will be gradually explained to you in later courses. Please remember to keep paying attention!

Spring orchid contented with plain plum

Generally speaking, the flower of an orchid is composed of three outer petals, that is, the botanical sepals, two holding petals and one lip petal. The orchid plum petal is shaped like a newly opened plum blossom. The ideal standard sentence is: the outer three petals are short, round and close to the core column, and the lips are short and hard, as follows:

1. The outer three valves are thick and thick, with a round structure (some petals will have spikes), the calyx body is short (the ratio of length to width is 2:1), the calyx edge is tight and forceful, that is, the calyx margin tightens inward, showing a spoon shape, and the calyx base receives the root (about 1/3 of the calyx tip width), similar to the petals of plum blossoms.

Han Lan holds plum hard.

2, hold the valve must have a pocket, this is the most important standard, can not afford to be called plum valve, pocket refers to the tip of the valve fleshy tissue form, the front end of the pocket has a white edge, also known as "white head", and buckle to the inside, so that the holding valve lumps have a sense of thickening, also known as masculinization, according to the thickness can be divided into soft pocket and hard pocket, according to the space formed by the inner roll can be divided into deep pocket and shallow pocket.

Lotus petal orchid soft plum

3. The labellum is short and round in shape, which must be solid, straight and not curled backwards or upwarped. The best tongue is Ruyi.

Cymbidium plum butterfly

Now people are also subdivided, those that strictly meet the above four standards are called plum petal, those that are slightly lacking are called plum petal, and those with various shortcomings are called plum type. for example, according to the length of the outer three petals, they can be divided into four types: oval, long calyx, egg calyx, and fan calyx; the degree of masculinity of the holding petal can be divided into hard plum and soft plum; the standard of holding petal and tongue valve but lacking outer three petal is called plum-shaped daffodil. The petals with butterfly are called plum butterflies; the tongue color is the same, and those with no other colors are called plain plum; the petals with crystal petals are called floating plum; the petals with crystal petals are called crystal plum; then they are divided into yellow plum, red plum, green plum and so on according to the color of the petals. Because there is no specific and strict definition standard at present, we will not do too much discussion here, and we all know that there is such a thing.

Chunlan plum-shaped daffodils-Western gods

In short, the key to the requirements of plum petals is whether there is a pocket for holding the petals, if so, it can be established. If there is no rule, it cannot be called. As for the size, length and width of the outer three petals, it is not very demanding for the grade of the product. In the past, the petal looked at the outer three petals, but now it is heavy in the palace. Now it is very simple to talk about the plum immortals, holding the petals into a knot, and then discussing the shape of the outer tripetals. The outer tripetals are plum-shaped, and the slightly longer ones are daffodils and lotus-shaped roots. Author: Mei Fei (China Orchid Forum, founder of Orchid 8 Bar), written on June 4, 2018, welcome to forward, reprint please indicate the source! I will publish orchid knowledge and pictures every day, take you in-depth understanding of orchids, teach you to easily raise orchids, you can always ask me or leave a message below if you don't understand orchids. If my knowledge brings you help, I hope you can help me or forward it to help more people!