Ali-the first to appear on the international stage-had a 20-centimeter inflorescence (flower-bearing stem) with two bright red flowers, each with four "keels" (raised folds of tissue) on its "lip" (or "labellum" -the lowest of an orchid flower's three petals, specially shaped to attract pollinating insects).
頭一回躍上國際舞台的一葉蘭，花莖高二十公分，花開兩朵，花色鮮紅，唇瓣上突出四條龍骨（引導昆蟲採蜜的皺褶）。