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How to distinguish Chunlan Wanzai from Ruimei
Dalin Hedie, selected and bred around 1990 by Pan Dalin of Hangzhou. A lotus-form outer butterfly, more than half of the petals transformed into butterfly form, with a stable flower shape, making it a rare outer butterfly of Chunlan.
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How to grow Cymbidium ensifolium 'Tiegusu' so it blooms every year? Sharing my care experience
Newly collected Huilan red cymbidium - Hexian Ding
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How to grow orchids? Key care points for growing orchids and storing yin
Collected in Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province. A premium ruidie orchid collected from the same place as Hongbaoshi.
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What are the prices of Cymbidium faberi 'Cui Tao Mei' and Cymbidium faberi 'Cui Tao Xian Shou', and how valuable are their buds for viewing?
Cymbidium faberi: Cui Tao Xian Shou. Cui Tao Xian Shou is a red Cymbidium faberi 'Piao Xian'.
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How to Hybridize Longmei? Key Technical Points and Methods Explained
Longmei: a hybrid variety of Cymbidium goeringii, a cross between Longzi and Songmei, fragrant, with stable flowering. Many unscrupulous sellers pass it off as Songmei!
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What are the main factors that affect how an orchid blooms?
The so-called "bloom quality" refers to how good the flowers of the same variety look after the buds open. Good bloom quality means the flower's color, petal shape, column, lip, shoulders and scape come as close as possible to the best evaluation standards for each part of the orchid, achieving a good visual effect; otherwise, the bloom quality is said to be poor. There are many factors that affect the bloom quality of orchids: the potting...
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How to grow Cymbidium faberi? Sharing practical care tips
This plum-petal variety was collected in 2007, dug up by orchid farmer Ge Jianfa from Shanxia Ge Village, Duqiao Town, Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, on Daxie Island, and at the time of collection it was only 2 plants with one flower bud. By the 11th year it bloomed again for the first time, and was entered in the Taizhou (Luqiao) Orchid Exhibition where it won a silver award. It blooms again every year, the flower quality is stable, and each time it blooms, even with heavy watering, the petals remain just the same, the flower holds...
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How should the settling-in water for orchids be watered correctly?
When is the right time to water the settling-in water? It depends on the situation. If you are only repotting without dividing the plant, without pruning the orchid roots, and without injuring the orchid roots, you can water immediately. The benefit is that it can reduce the damage to the orchid caused by repotting and shorten the time needed to establish. If you divide the plant or prune the orchid roots before potting, you should wait a few days before watering. How many days exactly depends on the moisture of the potting medium at the time of potting...
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How to care for Cymbidium faberi so its flower stems grow upright and straight
Cymbidium faberi blooms only once a year. After seeing many orchid growers' Cymbidium faberi in bloom recently, not many have really straight flower stems. A few thoughts: First, I have found that Cymbidium faberi on the mountain basically all have straight flower stems unless they have been subjected to external force. Second, for Cymbidium faberi in large pots, if the owner does not move them around often, the flower stems are basically straight. Summary: while the flower stem is growing taller...
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How to prevent and control the two rots in spring and summer?
Selected from a street stall at the 2000 Yixing Huilan Exhibition. When selected, it had 18 flowers in bloom, hence the name "Chongjiu". It is a red-to-green huilan orchid, with neat, round-tipped outer three petals. Its shortcomings are a small pointed tongue and slightly thin petals.
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