What can be identified as the "Hui" of cymbidium today is the Hui in Youfangge written by Huang Tingjian, a poet and calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, which reads "Cymbidium is full of flowers and fragrance, but it is not enough for those who are full of flowers and fragrance". Cymbidium hybridum and Cymbidium hybridum were very popular in Song Dynasty, so it is necessary to distinguish these herbs. These two words of Huang Tingjian became the basis for future generations to distinguish cymbidium from cymbidium. Modern plant taxonomy named this cymbidium that blooms in late spring as cymbidium. If Huang Tingjian only distinguishes orchids from Hui by their characters, then Kerou Zhu's Notes on Incense in the Early Qing Dynasty noticed the different cultivation methods of orchids and Hui. He said: "if you like the sun, you must bask in the sun at three o'clock in the first half of the day ... when you are in Lanzhou, you will be able to make a pilgrimage." During the years of Qianlong, Jiaqing and Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, there were many famous products in Huilan, such as Dayipin, Mei Cheng, Guanding, Shanghai Mei, Pan Lvmei and Laizi.
Some famous orchid products have been recorded in Xu Naihe's Orchid Concentric Record during Tongzhi period in Qing Dynasty. For example, the top of the eight famous orchids is called the top grade in Whelan Tong Xinlu, and there is a poem praising it: "The gentleman's spirit is at the top and strives for its leading position; Since entering Jiangnan, it is not easy for a thousand dollars to win this award. " The early Qing students' analysis and interpretation of the petal shape of orchids in Miscellanies of Yi Lan opened the door to orchid aesthetics. It was not until the reform and opening-up era that a large number of irises and exotic flowers and herbs appeared. In the past two hundred years, the flower aesthetics of Cymbidium paid special attention to the petal shape and had a wide influence, which became the traditional aesthetic concept of Cymbidium.
In 12 (1923), Wu Enyuan, a native of Yuhang, compiled A Brief History of Orchids, which further summarized the traditional varieties and new species of Orchids at that time and divided them into three categories: red-shelled orchids, green-shelled orchids and red-green orchids. From 65438 to 0959, Yao's book Orchid in Yilan, Hangzhou added iris and plain flower. After 1980s, a large number of new varieties of orchids were developed, and orchid families around the world added exotic flowers and colorful flowers to orchids according to the new discoveries. At this point, Cymbidium hybridum has become a huge and distinctive branch of orchids in China.
Orchids had spread to Japan and South Korea in the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, especially in the 1930s and 1940s, the Japanese collected a large number of orchids from China and sold them to Japan for cultivation. However, due to years of war in China, there were two or three man-made disasters in the decades after the founding of the People's Republic of China. By the end of last century, when there was an orchid craze in Guoxing, Wang Lan and China, some traditional orchids could not be found in China and had to be sold back to China from Japan. The development history of an orchid also reflects the rise and fall of a nation.
Huang Tingjian, a great poet and calligrapher of Huilan in China, said in Youfangge that "Orchid is like a gentleman" and "You have a scholar-bureaucrat", which opened the way for Huilan to appreciate. Li Yu, a writer and florist in the early Qing Dynasty, wrote an article about cymbidium, saying, "The reason why cymbidium is cymbidium is not flowers and incense, but leaves ... The leaves of cymbidium are bitter and long ... and they are too fat." Generally speaking, if cultivated well, the plants of Cymbidium hybridum are taller than Cymbidium hybridum, and the flower branches are also large and tall, with many flowers, which are very magnificent and bright, and the fragrance is overflowing. Therefore, people who appreciate doorways will appreciate Cymbidium hybridum and Cymbidium hybridum, while people who watch the scene of bustle will appreciate Cymbidium hybridum more than others. The price increase of Cymbidium hybridum is often higher than Cymbidium hybridum, and more than that. This is a general reward for cymbidium.
The appreciation of Cymbidium hybridum is based on the species of squid, that is, the petals of narcissus are more expensive, the tongue is round and thick, and the outer three petals (sepals) are wide and round, and most of its famous products belong to this category. There are few lotus petals in orchids, so it is very popular to find lotus petals. Generally speaking, the leaves of cymbidium are like wormwood, and few people appreciate them except a few brightly colored flowers. Recently, the butterfly petals and exotic flowers and grasses of Cymbidium hybridum are dazzling, especially those with many petals and colorful tongues are highly respected and bid high. Su Xin class is also very popular. Things are rare, because cymbidium is mostly yellow-green flowers, such as cymbidium with red flowers, purple flowers, black flowers and milky white flowers, which are also highly valued, and bright colors are better. Petals and calyx petals are thick, waxy and jade-like, which are often good products. There are many thick flowers in the branches of Cymbidium hybridum. When you appreciate them, you should also pay attention to whether the layout between flowers in the whole branch is patchy and mellow. Beautiful leaf art is also a good product, and occasionally leaf art, floral art and petal modeling are more popular.