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How to Propagate Arundo donax var. versicolor? A Detailed Guide to Common Propagation Methods
This is a perennial plant that grows in shallow water and can reach a height of two meters. We can generally find it beside river channels, ponds, swamps and lakesides. It has a very significant effect on improving domestic sewage and can achieve the effect of purifying wastewater. So, do you know how to propagate it?
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Orchid terminology explained in detail, making it easy to understand common professional orchid terms
On April 9, 2010, Mr. Xiao, the owner of Wuhan Chutian Lanhui Garden, and three other orchid enthusiasts drove over a thousand kilometers to Jiande, Zhejiang, where they purchased at a high price from a local orchid grower a pot of 12 plants with two flower spikes of a newly discovered green cymbidium (Cymbidium faberi) with narcissus-type petals. On April 12, they submitted it to the 4th Zhejiang Huangyan Cymbidium Exhibition and returned victorious with a gold award. This move in Jiang...
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How Do Orchids Reproduce? A Detailed Guide to Common Propagation Methods
Yongfu Su has a long history. Legend has it that in the past, when Yang Guifei was admiring orchids, she was particularly fond of this one for its exceptional fragrance and lingered there, reluctant to leave. While admiring the orchid leaves, she unexpectedly left her fingerprints on them, leaving concave-convex wavy fingerprint-like patterns on the leaves. Therefore, Yongfu Su is also called Guifei Su or Fingerprint Su. Characteristics: leaves broad and thick, leaf tips appearing...
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How to mix orchid potting medium? A diagram of common mixing ratios
Sheng soil, phytolith, burnt soil, bark + peat + leaf mold. Because Sheng soil contains a variety of trace elements, and thanks to its own binding capacity, it does not crumble, has good water retention and air permeability, does not compact, is free of bacteria, does not disturb the roots, and promotes many new shoots. No fertilization is needed within two years, and a light fertilizer application is enough in 3-5 years. It is especially suitable for beginners growing orchids...
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What are the common species and main horticultural varieties of orchids in our country?
There are many kinds of terrestrial orchids in our country. Through long-term introduction and cultivation, people have gradually selected and bred many varieties with certain ornamental value. According to the different flowering seasons, people call those that bloom in February and March with one stem and one flower Chunlan (spring orchid); those with one stem and several flowers in mid-spring are called Huilan; those that bloom in June and July with one stem and multiple flowers are called Xialan;...
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Introduction to Orchid Appreciation: A Complete Guide to Common Terms
China's terrestrial orchids have been domesticated and cultivated over a long period, producing a great many horticultural varieties. In order to categorise and distinguish them, and to reach a unified understanding, the orchid growers of earlier generations, drawing on experience, established certain conditions and standards for evaluating each part of the orchid, and thus specialised terms came into being. These terms are not botanical names; they are merely...
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What are the common varieties of the thick-skinned plant?
Many friends are learning about this plant. In fact, this name is just a local term, and this category of plants includes many similar plants. Their leaves are all fleshy, very thick, very robust and very healthy, which is why they are called thick-skinned. Let's take a look at the common plants in this category.
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What are the common types of cut flower materials?
Cut flowers refer to the general term for flowers, branches and leaves cut from various plants. They can be used as materials for flower arranging, so they are also called "flower materials". Of course, their role is not limited to flower arranging alone; they are also very good for decorations such as bouquets and flower baskets. At present, cut flowers are also very popular and can be used as gifts for friends, family and so on. So, what are the common flower materials?
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Common pests of orchids include thrips and scale insects.
A rare, top-grade downhill Chun Jian plum-petal orchid from Mabian in recent years, with very few in number.
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Do orchids really have a distinction between noble and common? Let's discuss it together
The new fine variety of Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii) with plum-type lotus-petal multi-colored flowers, "Bird's Song and Flower's Fragrance," selected and developed by Mr. Hu Chuanhong, an orchid grower in Yuxi, Yunnan, has bloomed again, and bloomed beautifully! On January 1, 2009, the author went to his hometown to visit family and took the opportunity to visit Mr. Hu Chuanhong. He saw the "Bird's Song and Flower's Fragrance" he cultivated in full bloom. Although it was still the coldest days of the third nine-day period, this beautiful...
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