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The complete guide to orchid fraud tactics: you must read this before buying orchids
Flat shoulders, tight petals, graceful leaf shape, well-spaced flower scapes, large flowers rising above the leaves, delicate color. Elegant leaf shape, rising well above the leaves, flat shoulders with both petals tightly closed and no open "skylight", flower 6.5 cm, the flower holds well and delights the heart, clears the mind, and calms the spirit.
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What are the methods for controlling viral diseases in orchids?
For the foreseeable future, viral diseases will remain a stubborn and difficult problem for orchid growers. The difficulty lies first in the value of orchids. Whether in batches or as individual plants, ornamental orchids are perhaps the most expensive artificially cultivated plants. Potted flowering orchids retail for about 5 to more than 100 US dollars per pot...
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How to Grow and Care for Michelia alba (Huangjuelan) and Daily Maintenance Tips
The huangjuelan tree (Michelia alba) is a relatively easy flowering plant to grow well; in its care, you only need to pay attention to water and fertilizer management and temperature, and everything else is quite simple. A plant with very similar habits is the white magnolia (Michelia alba); it prefers a sunny, warm, humid, and well-ventilated environment, is not tolerant of shade, and is not tolerant of intense heat or scorching sun. It is not cold-hardy, and the winter temperature must not fall below 5°C. It prefers slightly acidic sandy soil rich in humus, loose and fertile, and well-drained, and especially fears waterlogging. The tree is 17-20 m tall, with gray bark and a broad ovoid crown. The leaves are simple, alternate, thinly leathery, oblong or lanceolate-elliptic, with entire margins. The flowers are axillary, white, 3-4 cm long, extremely fragrant, with a flowering period from May to September, and mostly do not set fruit....
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Cultivation and Care Methods for String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus)
String of Pearls is a perennial trailing flowering plant. It is also commonly called watermelon rind, watermelon string of pearls, and so on. String of Pearls has oval spherical succulent leaves, pale green, alternately arranged; the flowers are pale yellow-white or pale purple, small and lovely. It is generally grown in pots to admire the hanging bead-like stems, which after three to four years can reach more than one meter in length, remaining lushly green all year round, and is deeply loved by home gardeners...
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Detailed Explanation of Hybridization Techniques and Methods for Yipin He
A hybrid variety, Yipin He is a dwarf type with lotus-petal flowers, and the flowers are very round.
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Cultivation Techniques and Key Growing Points for Baby Cabbage Cymbidium
A newly discovered Huilan plum-petal orchid from Tianmu Mountain in Xinchang, Zhejiang, China! Discovered in October 2008! At the time of discovery it had 5 shoots and 1 flower! Numbers are now very few! It rebloomed last year, and the rebloom was extremely beautiful! Stability is very good, flower quality is consistent from top to bottom! Color is excellent!
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Cultivation methods for the nine-segment orchid (also known as nine-head orchid, nine-flower orchid)
The scientific name of the nine-segment orchid is Cymbidium faberi (C. Faberi Rolfe), commonly known as nine-segment orchid, nine-head orchid, nine-flower orchid. Roots are thick and long, pseudobulbs are inconspicuous, leaves number 5-7, 25-80 cm long, 1.0 cm wide, strongly upright, with coarse serrations along the edges, flowers solitary, midrib prominent, with a translucent quality, flower scape upright, 30-80 cm tall, bearing 5-12 flowers, bracts small,...
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Cultivation Methods and Precautions for Tianshan Cold Orchid
Gaocao Gaohua, a traditional variety with both attractive flowers and foliage; although the bloom form is not very well shaped, it is still worth admiring, and more importantly, its fragrance, hard to say whether it is a cool fragrance or a delicate fragrance, in any case it smells very fresh, yet faint and elusive, leaving no trace to follow.
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Illustrated guide to the common care methods for Four Seasons Orchid, Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium), and Shilan
1. Light control and cooling: Jianlan grows best at an annual average temperature between 15-23°C. Summer temperatures are hot, so use a 70-80% plastic shade net to cool things down. 2. Promoting cooling under high temperatures: for the high temperatures caused by overly strong light, add more layers and density of shading to encourage cooling; in summer and autumn, when light is strong, the air is stuffy and hot, and temperatures are high...
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How to Grow and Care for Oncidium (Dancing Lady Orchid, Golden Shower Orchid)
Oncidium originates from the United States, Mexico, Guyana, and Peru. Oncidium, also known as the dancing lady orchid, golden shower orchid, and warty-lipped orchid, is the general name for plants in the genus Oncidium of the orchid family. This genus has more than 750 native species worldwide. The thick-leaved type (also called the hard-leaved type) of Oncidium prefers warm environments, while the thin-leaved type (also called the soft-leaved type) and...
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