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What variety is Yuanse Hanlan? An article to help you understand
Discovered in the wild around 2010, the flowers are tender green, large-flowered type (flower diameter about 7.5 cm) with slightly drooping shoulders; medium plant type, with elegant and spreading leaf posture; lampwick-like flower stalk, with well-spaced arrangement. In the first 3 to 5 days after opening, the lip is straight and upright, then droops downward, at which point the lip appears somewhat large. After about a week it begins to curl and bend backward, entering the best period for front-view appreciation. When the petals first open, they are pushed apart by the lip surface, but the base of the lip is not large, so after opening the petals close back together, and when the flower is old they separate again.
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A detailed explanation of the care principles behind orchid leaf shape, to help you grow good leaf shape
This flower was collected in Bijie, Guizhou in earlier years. Because plain-heart orchids were cheap at the time, this flower was divided among several orchid friends to grow for fun, and later all of them died. Fortunately, fate favored this flower: the two small seedlings that President Yang Gang received at the time managed to keep this variety alive, and after several years of careful care, it finally recovered its vigor and bloomed many times. This year at the Bijie Cymbidium exhibition, President Yang...
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Orchid soft rot symptom pictures to help you accurately identify the disease
Many orchid growers want to see pictures of orchid soft rot, because orchid soft rot and stem rot are not easy to tell apart. Generally speaking, orchid soft rot cannot kill the entire orchid plant, because it is unable to infect old pseudobulbs, while orchid stem rot can quickly kill the whole orchid plant, with very little chance of saving it....
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What are Jinzhi Yuye and Qiuzhi? An article to help you understand
Qiuzhi tree-form rare butterfly orchid. This variety originates from Yunnan; each scape bears 5 or 6 flowers, each flower with around 30 petals. It has both butterfly petals and a lip, and its purplish-red color makes it a rare find among good colors for this variety.
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What to Do When No One Is Home to Water the Flowers? These Methods Will Help You Solve It
Watering Flowers When No One Is Home For plant lovers, if you are away from home for more than half a month visiting relatives or handling business, no one will be there to water the flowers. In this case, you can fill a plastic bag with water, prick a small hole in the bottom of the bag with a needle, and place it in the flower pot with the small hole against the soil. The water will slowly seep out and moisten the soil. The size of the hole needs to be controlled well, so that the water...
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How to help cymbidium orchids (Cymbidium faberi) settle into a new pot? A detailed guide to practical care tips
"Settling in" refers to the period a plant needs to adapt to its new pot environment after repotting. Cymbidium orchids settle in earlier than Chinese orchids (Cymbidium spp.), which means the cost of settling in is higher for cymbidiums than for Chinese orchids. As a result, cymbidiums are more prone to decline than Chinese orchids. Chinese orchids can be repotted often, but if you want to repot a cymbidium, you need to think twice before acting. Cymbidiums sometimes take years to settle in; generally speaking, a cymbidium that has been repotted for over a year...
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A complete analysis of the pros and cons of Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium) varieties to help you choose the right one
Yunxi He is honored as "China's Western Orchid City." Baoshan, because it is rich in lotus-petal-type flowers, holds a special place in the orchid world. Here have appeared many fine lotus-petal varieties such as "Yunxi He," "Zixi He," "He Zhi Guan," "Yipin He" and many others, and thus it was jointly named by orchid world masters Mr. Chen Xinqi, Liu Qingyong and Pan Guanghua...
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Orchid Vernalization Tips: How to Help Orchids Vernalize Better
Cymbidium goeringii, stamen-petaled butterfly type, rare flower, famous cultivar. The leaves grow to about 40 cm, forming a U shape, semi-arching, uniform in type, neat and consistent. The center of the flower is round and full, and the butterfly-transformed petals are broad and round in shape, pioneering the round and well-proportioned center in the stamen-petaled butterfly category of Cymbidium goeringii! The three outer petals open with balanced poise, with the petal tips narrowing at the base and forming corners, and the center and outer petals match perfectly...
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How do you grow orchids? These eight tips will help you grow orchids well
First trick, keep calm and have an ordinary mind. For growing orchids, you should treat them with an ordinary mind, grow orchids with a calm heart, and believe in orchid fate. If you are destined to have them, even if you long for a good flower, you can have it; if not destined, even with countless wealth, you still cannot get it. Even if you rack your brains, or use despicable means to obtain it, it will still leave you with both people and money lost. At the same time, no matter how the orchid market is, calm down and grow...
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Detailed explanation of the morphological characteristics of orchids, helping you quickly get to know orchids
The Orchidaceae family comprises 750 genera and more than 35,000 species, while the genus Cymbidium has more than 70 species. Common cultivated species in China include: the famous flower of the four seasons, Cymbidium goeringii (C. goeringii): also called grass orchid, mountain orchid, and duoduo xiang. One stem bears 1 to 2 flowers, fragrant. Flowering period is February to March. Mainly distributed in the Yangtze River basin and the southwestern region. Traditional precious varieties...
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