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** miniature를 우리말로 적당한 표현이 없어서 소형보다 더 작은 소소형이라고 이름 붙였습니다.

by Hein Grebe

I will say to be classified as wide or broad it must have leaves whose width is at least a third the leaf length, the ideal is 2.5 times the width. 12cm wide is very common for broad leaf section, which means if you do not consider length then the leaf must be at least 13cm wide or wider. I have seen a plant in China with a 16cm wide leaf, but the leaves are so long that it does not look like a broad leaf plant. I think there is photo of this specific plant in one of the clivia year books 

 

For specialist broad leaf growers approx 1 in 1000 to 5000 plants reach a leaf width of 14cm. This means if you want to buy or find a 14cm broad leaf plant you will have to look at at least 100 000 plants as most broad leaf growers' plants in China reach a max of between 10 to 12cm wide

 

Now it gives you an idea how difficult it is to grow or find a plant with leaves that are 15 cm or wider

 

The ideal is a leaf width/length ratio of 1:1 for the leaves to look round as my miniature from Mr Zhu Jifu. Unfortunately the only photos of broad leaf plants I have on my computer is that of my miniatures. You will see in one photo that it is possible for leaves to grow wider than it is long.

 

My best seedlings from my own mother plants have a leaf width of 4.5cm for the first leaf - and in most cases they will not reach 15cm wide when mature. In my case I get approx one or two of these for every 400 seedlings 

 

These are all for orange flowering plants and I feel the same criteria must apply for yellow flowering plants. To be honest I have not seen a yellow flowering plant in China with leaves wider than 12cm.

 

Regards

Hein 

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