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How to care for orchids in June? Please keep this care guide handy
Climate characteristics this month: with Grain in Ear and the Summer Solstice marking the true start of summer, high temperatures, strong light and dry air are the hallmarks of this month! This month is mainly about protecting buds and leaves. On clear days, orchids can receive light freely before 10 o'clock, but after 10...
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A detailed guide to the twelve months of orchid care
Orchids mainly have six petals, namely three outer petals and three inner petals (some orchids also have seven or eight petals). The three outer petals include the main petal and the secondary petals. The three outer petals are broad and round or broad, with intact and unbroken petal tips, tightly contracted bases and edges, thick and glutinous texture, and not floppy. The column is small and the lip is large, with the lip round or square in shape. The red dots inside the lip are neatly arranged and brightly colored. The main petal...
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Orchid Knowledge Introduction: A Comprehensive Guide to Orchids
Roots: The roots of terrestrial orchids form a clustered fibrous root system, fleshy, occasionally producing segmented branch roots from the fibers, and orchid roots generally have no root hairs. Generally, the roots of Cymbidium goeringii (Spring Orchid) are relatively thin, about 0.4 cm in diameter; those of Cymbidium faberi (Faber's Cymbidium) about 0.5 cm; while those of Cymbidium ensifolium (Four-season Orchid), Cymbidium qiubeiense (Autumn Orchid), Cymbidium kanran (Cold Orchid), and Cymbidium sinense (Chinese Cymbidium) are slightly thicker and longer than the above. Orchid roots store abundant water and nutrients. According to root structure...
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A Detailed Guide to the Classification Methods and Variety Characteristics of Chinese Cymbidiums
Terrestrial Orchids Terrestrial orchids are suited to growing in the loose soil layer on the ground surface. The terrestrial orchids native to our country are also called "Chinese cymbidiums," and they have high ornamental value and economic value. This article focuses on Chinese cymbidiums. Terrestrial orchids have poor seed propagation ability, and tissue culture is difficult; there are currently no successful reports. Therefore, although there are many types of terrestrial orchids...
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What Is the Crystal-Flowered Cymbidium? Variety Characteristics and Appreciation Guide
A wild-collected cymbidium (Cymbidium faberi) crystal flower: the leaves show signs of crystal, and the blooms are pale green crystal swallowtail flowers.
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How is the Cymbidium 'Caiyun Fei'? A detailed guide to its variety characteristics
Caiyun Fei, also known as Zhongyan Caidie. It originated in Sichuan. The leaves are emerald green, semi-arching, broad, and slightly curled. The leaf surface bears colorful patches known as "leaf butterflies," but these are unstable. The flowers are of excellent quality, with red stems; the three outer petals have constricted bases and are slightly red with green striations; the lip petals are fully transformed into a butterfly form, making it a three-star butterfly type, with red spots on a white background. The flower color is vivid and the floral quality is stable. It is widely circulated...
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Is Jianlan Tianshan Mudan fragrant? A detailed guide to its variety characteristics and price
A famous Silian variety with a tree-shaped exotic flower, the most extraordinary of the extraordinary; the flower is very fragrant, and this plant easily grows new shoots and easily blooms. There is very little introductory material about it; it is said to originate from Sichuan.
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Cymbidium goeringii 'Baogong Hun' Variety Characteristics and Care Guide
Cymbidium goeringii black solid-color flower, a Cymbidium goeringii from Guizhou, with semi-arching leaves and an elegant form. Both leaf buds and flower buds are purple-black. The flower scape is tall, rising above the foliage, usually bearing 2-3 flowers. The three outer sepals are deep green with black lines along the central veins. The two petals are also green-based with black striations. The lip is a solid black-purple. Its color, form and meaning display uprightness, integrity, purity, ...
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What variety is 'Shiranui' Cymbidium sinense? Characteristics and care guide
In 1966, Japanese orchid enthusiast Yukio Hirata asked a friend teaching in Hualien to purchase wild-collected specimens from the eastern mountains. After two years of cultivation among promising varieties, he discovered a variety with tiger-striped variegation among the many plants. Before the new shoots unfurl, the shoot sheaths are crimson red, and the new leaves are light green. As they grow and the true leaves open, a large tiger-striped variegation gradually appears, becoming...
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Cymbidium goeringii 'Tianchi Baoding' Variety Characteristics and Care Guide
Tianchi Baoding belongs to the line-leaf Cymbidium goeringii series, Douban orchid type. This orchid has 6-7 leaves, leaf length 40-60 cm, leaf width 0.5-0.7 cm, deep grooves and thick texture. The rarity of this flower lies in: its peculiar flower shape, brilliant flower color, and excellent flower quality all combined in one, especially like a work of heaven. Peculiar flower shape: the entire flower's center is wonderfully arranged and shaped by 7 transformed small labella, like a chrysanthemum; the outer edge is adorned with 6 transformed petals, like a peony and butterfly layered together; brilliant flower color: the main colors of this flower are red, white, and yellow, and on close inspection one can see purple, green, light red, and other colors accompanying them, the whole flower bright and beautiful, like poetry and painting; excellent flower quality: the flower's labellum and column are all transformed, the petals thick and full, crystalline and glossy, like jade made by heaven, seamlessly unified, noble in texture, truly a treasure, a rare and precious gem among orchids.
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