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How to Select Flower Buds? A Detailed Guide to Deciding Which to Keep and Which to Remove
Cymbidium goeringii 'Tianchan', a Sichuan variety, with a strong fragrance, huge flowers, good color, fine petals, and a dignified flower form that does not deform. This flower is extremely rare and is a fine variety worth collecting and developing.
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Illustrated Guide to Dividing Orchids: Detailed Steps You'll Understand at a Glance
Dividing orchids is actually not difficult, as long as you are careful; the key is to get the timing of orchid division right. In this article, we will first talk about the timing, and then refer to other growers' division illustrations for your reference....
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A detailed guide to growing Dendrobium at home: even beginners can learn it easily
The home growing methods for Dendrobium described in this article are mainly aimed at home gardening enthusiasts, and are the experience and insights of flower growers, explaining experience to fellow growers from every aspect such as pots, growing medium, fertilizer, and watering!...
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How Can You Tell if Orchid Roots Are Healthy? An Illustrated Guide to Judging
Quite a few orchid growers want to know what makes orchid roots healthy. It happens that a fellow orchid grower has put together an article based on their own experience, and with the pictures in the article, growers can fairly easily judge what healthy orchid roots look like. The grower looked at root photos of Liumei and Old Shanghai, because the peak season for introducing new plants is approaching...
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How to repot Oncidium? Detailed step-by-step guide with pictures
The Oncidium repotting in this article was translated by Congyou Banmian of Photosynthesis (WeChat ID) from the records of a Japanese grower (Yuhua Jiang's grandfather). The Oncidium in this article is potted on a balcony, placed in a bright shaded spot. Together with the repotting photos and text, it will be very helpful for beginner growers to understand Oncidium repotting....
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A Detailed Guide to Making Moss for the Surface of Orchid Pots
Making moss for the surface of orchid pots is actually not complicated at all; a few simple steps will do it. As for the question some orchid growers ask, whether it is good to cover the surface of an orchid pot with moss, there may be no absolute answer, because some growers who use moss on the pot surface raise their orchids very well, and those who do not use it can also raise them just as well...
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Detailed Guide to Growing Dendrobium officinale in Pots
We won't introduce Dendrobium officinale much here; the focus is on how to grow Dendrobium officinale in pots. Growing Dendrobium officinale in pots is entirely feasible, and it is quite a good option for gardening enthusiasts who only have small household needs....
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How to Choose Cymbidium faberi Varieties? A Practical Variety Recommendation Guide
Bred by Teacher Hu Jiang of Tiantai. Teacher Hu said during his lifetime that this flower was purchased from a mountain farmer, and it cannot be confirmed which mountain it was dug from. But several of the series of Cymbidium goeringii he bred have already been named after Huading, so this flower was named Huading Su. The wild-collected plant type is tall and coarse; in the early period the plants Teacher Hu grew were also relatively tall, with leaf span reaching 30 cm...
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How to Fertilize Phalaenopsis Orchids? A Detailed Guide to the Correct Fertilization Method
Most flower lovers probably do not have the habit of fertilizing Phalaenopsis orchids, let alone know how to fertilize them. One flower lover visited a Phalaenopsis orchid growing facility and asked the owner about some detailed management questions, which are exactly what flower lovers need....
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What are the other names for orchids? A quick guide to common aliases
I. Aliases for orchids based on their fragrant characteristics: 1. Guoxiang (national fragrance): This is the highest honor for an orchid. Huang Tingjian, in "Shu Youfang Ting": "When a scholar's talent and virtue surpass the whole country, he is called a national scholar; when a woman's beauty surpasses the whole country, she is called a national beauty; when an orchid's fragrance surpasses the whole country, it is called national fragrance." 2. Guxiang (ancient fragrance): Using "ancient" to describe fragrance means not only that the scent lingers long, but also that its quality is pure and its character simple and elegant. In the seven-character ancient-style poem "Langui Qu" by Sadula of the Yuan Dynasty: "The secluded orchid blows ancient fragrance day after day; the beauty does not come, and the stream flows long." The orchid waits for the beauty, and only the beauty is worthy of enjoying these waves of secluded orchid ancient fragrance.
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