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, the regular petal flower is a well-shaped, well-behaved, non-unusual flower, in which the regular petal flower is divided into: plum petal, lotus petal, daffodil petal; odd flower is divided into: butterfly, peony, chrysanthemum petal, tree, lion head, crystal; color flower is divided into: vegetarian heart, white, green, red, orange, yellow, black and so on.

These three methods of Zhengqi flower were first applied to Chunhui in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and then gradually developed to the whole country. In addition, there are folk theories such as super petal, group petal and so on. Today we only talk about plum petals in Zhengqi flower. Other petal shapes will be gradually explained to you in later courses, and you will remember to keep paying attention!

Spring orchid contented with plain plum

Generally speaking, the flower of an orchid is composed of three outer petals, namely, the botanical sepals, two holding petals and one lip petal. The orchid plum petal flower is shaped like a newly opened plum blossom.

The ideal standard sentence of the plum petal flower is: the outer three petals are short round and tight, the holding petal is short round and clasping the core column, and the labellum is 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 have also carried out subdivision, the positive plum petal that strictly meets the above four standards, the general plum petal that is slightly lacking, and the plum type that has various shortcomings. for example, according to the length of the outer three petals can be divided into oval, long calyx shape, egg calyx shape, and fan calyx shape; according to the degree of masculinity, it can be divided into hard plum and soft plum. Those who hold the petals and tongue petals up to the standard are called plum-shaped daffodils; those with butterfly petals are called plum butterflies; those with the same tongue color and no other miscellaneous colors are called plain plums; those with outer three petals rolled back are called floating plums; the petals with crystal petals are called crystal plums; then they are divided into yellow plums according to the color of the petals. Red plum, green plum and so on, because there is no specific and strict definition standard, there will not be too much discussion here, 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. Why has it become like this? is it that people's aesthetic standards for orchids have been lowered? Definitely not. I don't know the details. Maybe it's to take care of other varieties and take care of the overall situation. Author: Mei Fei (founder of Orchid Bar), written on June 4, 2018, welcome to reprint!

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