On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:39:00 -0500, "Ray"
wrote:

Sometimes old leaves do leave a fibrous remnant at the point of
removal...could they the be hair-like things?

Could well be, I have never looked at my scrolls that close lately but
I cannot remember that "feature" in the paintings I bought.

Anyway, just found "The book of Orchid" by I-Hsiung Ju agian, it was
actually lying close to me in a huge pile of other orchidbooks.

In there I-Hsiung Ju mentions 3 types of orchids:

- Ts'ao-Lan (spring orchid) - strongest fragrance, only 1 or 2
flowers, Cymb. goeringii for sure !

- Huei-Lan (marsh orchid) -long leaves, many flowers, fragrance of
the spring and flowers in the sun are like a white jade pagoda...hmmm
a white Cymb. ensifolium ?

- Min-Lan (Fukien orchid) - leaves broad and supple coming from
Fukien (Fujian) province, and if course there are several species of
Cymbidium growing in that province :-)


Btw, the heart is the stamen of the flower and placed most often at
the bottom of the flower.


kind regards,

Kenneth.

http://www.akerne-orchids.com