What is the appreciation standard of Clivia?

Common knowledge of raising Clivia: With the development of Clivia industry, people's requirements for treasures are becoming more and more demanding. At the same time, there have been many strange arguments, which can easily confuse some friends who have been raising orchids for a short time and have insufficient experience and go into misunderstanding. Here, I am very willing to discuss with you flower friends.

Myth 1: Narrow leaves are better than wide ones. It has always been thought that width is good under the same conditions, but now some friends are just the opposite, and they think it is expensive to see young seedlings showing wide leaves. When evaluating a flower, he also said, "Everything is fine but a little wider"! In fact, this problem is not the dispute of width, but the difference of hardness. For example, a 1-cm-wide iron plate is stacked in the center to become 5 cm wide, and its thickness is doubled. The hardness is of course stronger than the original one. This is the advantage of narrowness. The scientific formulation should be that hard is better than soft, not that of width and narrowness. Width and narrowness are not very important to the overall level of a flower.

Myth 2: Narrow veins are stronger than wide ones. This is a misunderstanding that is easy to occur when pursuing horizontal alignment. It is clear that the transverse bar of wide pulse is long, and it is intuitive to be inclined a little. On the contrary, the transverse bar of narrow pulse is short and the inclination is not obvious. What is interesting is that the spacing between horizontal stripes is equal to the spacing between vertical stripes, which will show a checkered network, which is also the trend of rare veins. Only on this premise can we evaluate the height and thickness of stripes.

Myth 3: Young flowers are more popular than mature flowers. Young flowers have fewer leaves and fewer shortcomings, while old flowers have more leaves and their shortcomings are easy to be exposed. There are many beautiful young flowers, but they are just so-so when they are old. In reality, the success rate of young flowers purchased at high prices is not too high, which makes some people very disappointed. The quality of a flower should be evaluated accurately after several years of maturity.

myth 4: the smaller the pattern, the better. The exquisiteness of small flowers, the dignity of medium-sized flowers and the momentum of large flowers all have their own strengths. Some friends give up their own advantages, and no matter what the female parent is, they use short leaves as the male parent. This argument of blindly pursuing small size is biased. Imagine, after all the clivia in the future has become miniature, it will be much more difficult to go back and cultivate the original variety. There is only one variety left in the clivia family, and the prospect is not optimistic. Under normal circumstances, the offspring of short leaf powder can not only be shortened but not narrowed. It is obvious to shorten a flower by three centimeters, and it is intuitive to narrow it by three centimeters. In reality, the medium-sized orchid with a middle leaf length of 3 centimeters and a leaf width of about 1 centimeters is most favored by most people. No matter what variety, it is the best policy to lock the main direction in the progress and improvement of the overall vein.

most of the reasons mentioned above are due to the excessive admiration of short-leaf varieties, that is, it is unfair to measure all flowers by the standard of short-leaf evaluation.

In the past, many shortcomings of short leaves were improved by stringing round powder, especially the grain and head shape. The advantage of short leaves is that they are stiff. After years of mutual hybridization between round and short leaves, the boundary between many flowers is not very obvious. People only classify flowers according to the characteristics displayed on the surface. In fact, the recessive genes of flowers are also very important. Therefore, if you plant orchids, you should use them first and look good second. In recent years, the popularity of Clivia has developed rapidly, and many famous artists have formed their own systems, especially small families who are crouching tiger, hidden dragon. It seems far-fetched for us to classify many emerging rookies with simple existing categories. The evaluation of a flower should not be limited by the variety type, but by what grade it belongs to. If it can stand the test of years, although there are still small shortcomings. It is still a precious clivia.

Clivia dug up again in 199 after being silent for five years in the black summer of 1985. Because people are not sure about the ten standards of Clivia appreciation, and pursue one or two of them unilaterally, they have taken many detours. In January 1998, Changchun Clivia Society wrote a paper "Advice to Flower Friends from All walks of life" and distributed it in some Clivia flower exhibitions. The full text is as follows:

"One-sided pursuit of' short width' has made our clivia lovers in Changchun waste millions of money. We have gone through many detours, and mistakes are often the correct forerunner. Although everyone has different thoughts and preferences on Clivia, we must comprehensively consider the ten conditions of comprehensive appreciation of Clivia. We believe that among the ten conditions of three shapes (head shape, seat shape and plant shape), four degrees (brightness, fineness, rigidity and thickness), veins, color and aspect ratio,' four degrees' is the foundation and the necessary condition for high-grade Clivia. The other six are icing on the cake, and the more land you have, the better. Just like the grade of a suit, its basis is fabric, not style and workmanship. To make a high-end suit, you should use wool instead of coarse cloth. More than ten years ago, there was an old saying that' the layman looks at the face, but the expert knows the inner plate', and this plate is' rigidity' and' thickness'. Clivia is inscrutable, and few people really understand it. Our views are not necessarily correct. Let's say something for the new and old flower friends not to take detours or take fewer detours, for reference only. We advocate' letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend' and' the Eight Immortals cross the sea and show their abilities'. We don't ask and can't ask others to see Clivia according to our point of view. Go your own way according to your own thoughts on Clivia! "

after more than four years, the problems raised in this paper still exist. There are also some people who have not invested less money and are not taking detours. What is the reason for it It's not that Clivia can't work, but that people who buy Clivia have limited appreciation of Clivia and need to improve it. Therefore, it is necessary to "talk about the standard of appreciating Clivia frequently and repeatedly, but only a few people can't talk about it, and the broad masses should know it."

First of all, we should speak out loudly. There are ten main criteria for appreciating Clivia! You can't just look at one or two. If before 1998, some people took a detour because of the one-sided pursuit of length-width ratio, then after 1998, they pursued "face" (painted face and pockmarked face) and "board" (rigidity and thickness) in both places since 2. The so-called "painted face", represented by gold thread, only attaches importance to china white's dark green, and despises others. The so-called "pockmarked face" is represented by the so-called "Japanese blue" with different brightness, fineness, rigidity and thickness, while the "board" is represented by the "black short" regardless of the aspect ratio, color and plant shape, not the aspect ratio, color, vein, rigidity and thickness. I can only look at one of them.

The "one-sided pursuit of short and wide" mentioned above refers to "sparrow orchid", "horizontal orchid" and "Japanese orchid". The so-called "Quelan" is a new type of gene mutation, and the length of its leaves is below 2 cm. It is a miniature orchid strain, with an aspect ratio of less than 3: 1, with sharp tips at the top of leaves, generally lower brightness, fineness, stiffness and thickness, and ordinary veins, which means that there is a contrast between veins and mesophyll. When flowering, it is difficult to grow a scape, and the heart leaves no longer grow. It is commonly known as "drilling holes" to become orchids and waste them, and only rely on buds to continue to grow.

The so-called "Japanese orchid" was introduced by individuals from Japan in the early 199s. The biggest advantage is that the ratio of length to width is below 3: 1, the top of the leaf is acute, and the seat shape is low square. These two flowers are medium, while the other seven flowers are the worst in brightness, fineness, stiffness, thickness, color, pulse and plant shape. This flower belongs to the second grade and can only face the mass layman market. Crossed with high-grade Clivia with "four degrees" and better veins, some beautiful seedlings can be produced, and some so-called "pockmarked faces" with protruding veins appear. However, after growing up and flowering twice, the genetic genes of the seven serious shortcomings carried by "Japanese orchid" will be clearly reflected. The leaves are as dull as coarse cloth, and the leaves droop to both sides, making them lifeless and inferior. Therefore, a few years ago, some people invested a lot and suffered huge losses, but they didn't see through this "short and wide" flower. And took a detour.

The so-called "Henglan" is not a hybrid of "Japanese Orchid" and "Changchun Short Leaf" at all, but a hybrid of "Japanese Orchid" and "Bromelia". Because "Japanese Orchid" and "Short Leaf" are not miniature orchids, and they have no characteristics of pleating and punching, but only "Quelan" has obvious characteristics of pleating and punching, so the characteristics of "Henglan" come from "Quelan" rather than "Short Leaf". The length-width ratio of the leaves of "Henglan" is 1: 1, which is the product of the combination of "short" of "Quelan" and "Japanese orchid". Therefore, the brightness, fineness, rigidity, thickness, veins and plant shape of "Henglan" are extremely poor. But in those days, some people did buy it for tens of thousands of yuan, and the pollen was sold for several thousand yuan. Now people's one-sided pursuit of "baner" is a denial of the one-sided pursuit of "short width" in the previous paragraph, which is also an improvement, but there is still a slope.

It must be pointed out that the light colors in the leaves of "Ribbon", "Colored Road" and "Colored Silk" do not occupy a considerable proportion, but when the proportion of light colors is large, it is easy to appear the phenomenon of scorched edges. Some people think this is morbid, but I think it is due to the lack of chlorophyll's poor disease resistance, so it cannot be said to be morbid. Another feature is that the color of leaves is unpredictable, sometimes they all turn green, and sometimes they all turn white. These two problems need to be gradually recognized, discussed and solved in the future.

The so-called "Baner" and "Black Shorter" that people are pursuing at present are much more advanced and useful than "Quelan", "Henglan" and "Japanese Orchid". However, the ultimate goal of Clivia's beauty is by no means a "black short child", but a rare orchid with a score of more than 8 points based on ten comprehensive appreciation criteria. Therefore, please don't take a detour on the "black short child".

Different people have different understandings and opinions on how to comprehensively grasp the ten criteria for appreciating Clivia. In my opinion, among the ten main criteria for appreciating Clivia, "four degrees" (width, fineness, rigidity and thickness) is the basis and a necessary condition for high-grade Clivia. No matter how important the color and veins are, they are all attached to "four degrees". Clivia with poor "four degrees" is by no means a high-grade Clivia.

There are almost no objections to "brightness", "fineness" and "rigidity", but there are different views on "thickness". Why did the phrase "layman looks at the face, expert looks at the board" exist many years ago? It is because both "painted face" and "pockmarked face" are closely related to the thickness. Most of the thin painted faces are fake painted faces, which change with the seasons, while the painted faces with thick leaves are relatively stable and do not change with the seasons. The height of vein bump refers to the absolute height of vein MINUS the thickness of mesophyll, so the thickness of leaf must be taken into account when observing vein, and it is not enough to just look at "hemp test". Therefore, when appreciating the advantages and disadvantages of a Clivia, first look at the "four degrees", that is, brightness, fineness, rigidity and thickness. On this basis, look at the color and veins of the leaves, and the more others you have, the better.

The high-grade flowers are mainly ornamental leaves, so we should comprehensively measure them by ten main criteria for appreciating Clivia, while the low-grade Clivia is mainly ornamental fruits, mainly measured by auxiliary criteria for appreciating Clivia.

Different people have different understandings and opinions on how to comprehensively grasp the ten criteria for appreciating Clivia. Among the ten main criteria for appreciating Clivia, the "four degrees" (brightness, fineness, rigidity and thickness) has been widely recognized by everyone, and it is recognized as the foundation of blueness and the necessary condition for high-grade Clivia. No matter how important the color and veins are, they are all attached to the "four degrees". Clivia with "four degrees" difference can't be a high-grade Clivia anyway.

There are almost no objections to "brightness", "fineness" and "rigidity", but there are different views on "thickness". Why did the phrase "layman looks at the face, expert looks at the board" exist many years ago? It is because both "painted face" and "pockmarked face" are closely related to the thickness. Most of the thin painted faces are fake painted faces, which change with the seasons, while the painted faces with thick leaves are relatively stable and do not change with the seasons. The height of the vein bump refers to the absolute height of the vein minus the thickness of the mesophyll, so when observing the vein, the thickness of the leaf must be taken into account, and it is not enough to just look at the "pockmarked face". Therefore, when appreciating the advantages and disadvantages of a Clivia, first look at the "four degrees", that is, brightness, fineness, rigidity and thickness. On this basis, look at other conditions such as leaf color and vein.

As for other standards attached to the "four degrees", there are many different views among Clivia lovers. Now let me talk about my views on this issue. The reason why high-grade Clivia is precious is that I think it should have three basic conditions: 1. It has great aesthetic appreciation value; 2. Variety cultivation is very difficult and the gene is stable; 3. Feeding should be reasonable and in place. According to the above three conditions, we analyze several other standards, and we will find that there are many points worthy of further discussion in these standards. Let's make a detailed analysis as follows:

1. Color, the "Ten Standards" clearly put forward the idea that shallowness is the beauty in the monochrome blade standard. This obviously only meets the third of the three conditions I put forward earlier. However, the shallower the variety, the more difficult it is to cultivate. The most important thing is the lack of strong aesthetic basis. For example, can you say that yellow-green is more beautiful than emerald? Isn't it more harmonious to have a dignified and simple blue and dark green?

2. Vein pattern, Tian Zi lattice pattern and deep pit grain pattern are advocated by the current blue world, so fans can't help asking: Isn't the regular "S" pattern beautiful? ? Isn't the flat hidden pulse like jasper jelly a treasure? ? The key is to be stable, regular and beautiful.

3. Head shape. The most controversial point is that the semicircular head shape can only be regarded as one of the head shapes, but it cannot be said that it is the most perfect head shape. As far as the name characteristics of Clivia are concerned, the tapered shape (float head) is the most appropriate head shape. With tall and straight leaves, it can be said that the sword refers to the blue sky and shows the true nature of a gentleman. All kinds of head shapes can only be called good head shapes if they match the shape of leaves and plants. The key is to have stability, that is, the consistency of all blade heads.

4. Aspect ratio. Since the head shape is still controversial, the aspect ratio has the same problem. The aspect ratio of less than 3: 1 advocated in the standard is obviously encouraging farmers to continuously increase the width of leaves and shorten the length of leaves. According to this development, those tall and powerful sword-shaped long-leaf varieties may not escape the bad luck of being gradually transformed into short and fat varieties!

As for the shape of the plant and the shape of the seat, there will be more different views on the shape of the plant and the shape of the seat due to the dispute over the head shape and the length-width ratio. In addition to "looking at a line from the side, it is like opening a fan", I am afraid that the ideal blue shape will be different in everyone's heart. So how to evaluate the plant shape of a orchid fairly in appraisal and real life?

The color, pulse pattern, head shape and length-width ratio mentioned by King Tianjin are very reasonable ... There are indeed many points worthy of discussion. I think that there is no standard as the best standard. Everyone in Ireland has a Clivia standard, and different experiences, different ages and different living environments will have different feelings about beauty. Of course, Clivia Association also considers that there will be different opinions and contradictions without standards, and there will be laws to follow with standards. Just a big contrast, okay? Isn't it beautiful to be an oiler now? Is it good to have a head garden? If a large orchid grows a cup, is it beautiful? Not necessarily! I think that the large-scale orchids should be harmonious and beautiful. The small-and-medium-sized orchids should be in a garden. The aspect ratio should also be harmonious, and it is not necessarily better to compare them. Personally, if there are any mistakes, please correct me.

Every early variety of Clivia has its own inherent characteristics.