Now someone should dare to say that orchids are fragile beings...
This comes from an account of a commemoration of the 228 incident, where
the Kuomintang massacred thousands of people in Taiwan:

"During the tea party, Liao also presented Ma with a Wenshu-strain
orchid from Japan that symbolizes peace. On Aug. 6, 1945, all plants
around Hiroshima in southern Japan withered when the atom bomb was
dropped, but a few Wenshu orchids only two kilometers from ground zero
survived. The orchids were later planted in the Hiroshima Peace Park.
This special orchid strain has since become a symbol of peace. Liao told
Ma that this is the first time that Wenshu orchids have been sent to
Taiwan."

Does anyone know what Wenshu orchids are? I assume some type of cym,
but who knows?
--
Reka

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Reka wrote:
Now someone should dare to say that orchids are fragile beings...
This comes from an account of a commemoration of the 228 incident,
where
the Kuomintang massacred thousands of people in Taiwan:

"During the tea party, Liao also presented Ma with a Wenshu-strain
orchid from Japan that symbolizes peace. On Aug. 6, 1945, all plants
around Hiroshima in southern Japan withered when the atom bomb was
dropped, but a few Wenshu orchids only two kilometers from ground
zero
survived. The orchids were later planted in the Hiroshima Peace Park.

This special orchid strain has since become a symbol of peace. Liao
told
Ma that this is the first time that Wenshu orchids have been sent to
Taiwan."

Does anyone know what Wenshu orchids are? I assume some type of cym,

but who knows?
--


Well "Wenshu" is a buddhist God of Wisdom. There are numerous temples
devoted to him in China and Japan. Exactly what a Wenshu orchid is
remains a subject for further research.


J. Del Col

Reka wrote:
Does anyone know what Wenshu orchids are? I assume some type of
cym,
but who knows?


A little more follow-up, The Japanes word for orchid is "ran," so a
Wenshu orchid would be wenshuran. However, goggle gives no results for
"wenshuran."

There is a website with pictures of many japanese native orchids, but
none of them is called "wenshu."

J. Del Col

Reka wrote:
Does anyone know what Wenshu orchids are? I assume some type of
cym,
but who knows?


A little more follow-up, The Japanes word for orchid is "ran," so a
Wenshu orchid would be wenshuran. However, goggle gives no results for
"wenshuran."

There is a website with pictures of many japanese native orchids, but
none of them is called "wenshu."

J. Del Col