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Scientia Silvae Sinicae ›› 2016, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (1): 166-166.doi: 10.11707/j.1001-7488.20160120

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An Elite Variety of Butterfly Orchid ‘Zhengnonghongyu’

Wang Jun, Wang Huiyu, Zhao Yu, Yang Shucai   

  1. Zhengzhou Institute of Agricultural and Forest Sciences Zhengzhou 450005
  • Received:2015-01-23 Online:2016-01-25 Published:2016-02-26

Abstract: The variety, ‘Zhengnonghongyu’, was bred by crossbreeding method with elite butterfly orchid flowering individuals as the parent in 2003 in zhengzhou institute of agricultural and forest sciences, and then selected from the offspring in a regional test in Henan, Shaanxi, and Hebei province. ‘Zhengnonghongyu’ has a compact plant type, and is easily cultured and induced to flowering. The flower diameter is 10-11 cm, the main branch bears about 10 flowers on average, and the flowers have flamboyance color, arrabgement tidiness inflorescence, and longer shelf-life.

Key words: butterfly orchid, elite variety, Zhengnonghongyu

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