兰花新品种‘香公主’

A New Cymbidium Cultivar‘Sweet Princess’

兰花新品种‘香公主’是以春兰(Cymbidium goeringii)为母本,豆瓣兰(C.serratum)为父本人工授粉杂交选育而成,继承了豆瓣兰的绿色而厚实的花瓣和萼片特征及春兰的幽香芬芳。花梗直立,长12~18 cm,花单生;花瓣卵形,长1.5~2.5 cm,宽0.8~1.2 cm,主色浅绿带深绿色中脉;唇瓣卵形,白色或粉色具紫红色斑点,长1.5~2.5 cm;蕊柱黄绿色。花期长,12月下旬始花至次年1月中下旬,开花时间长达近1个月。易栽培,观赏价值高,应用前景广。

’Sweet Princess’is a new cultivar of Cymbidium developed by crossing two strains of female parent Cymbidium goeringii and male parent C.serratum.This cultivar inherits the fine qualities of its parents and has green and thick petals and sepals from C.serratum and the aromatic scent from C.goeringii.The inflorescence is upright,with 1 flower,12–18 cm in length.The petals are ovate,light-green with a dark-green midrib,1.5–2.5 cm in average vertical diameter and 0.8–1.2 cm in transverse diameter.The lip is white or pink with purple-red markings,its average length is 1.5–2.5 cm.The column is yellow-greenish.The flowering period is in late December to the middle to late January next year and lasts for about one month.This cultivar is characterized by strong growth vigor with a lengthy period of flowering and high ornamental value,which gives the broad prospects of commercial application.