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Zhenmei Cymbidium ensifolium Variety Introduction and Care Tips
Zhenmei, originating from Mount Emei, Sichuan, is a native variety of Cymbidium ensifolium (Four Seasons Orchid)! Mr. He Yangwu of Emei Wanfu Orchid Garden was the first to receive this flower. Zhenmei is a plum-shaped narcissus-petal flower (commonly known as Long-leg Plum). Its three outer petals have long legs and round tips, contracted roots, tight edges, a glutinous texture, and pure color. The center is perfect, the flower opens well above the leaves, the shoulders are level, and the flower's staying power and structure are both excellent. The flowers sometimes number as many as 9. It can be compared to...
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How to clean up blackened orchid root tips? Learn methods to restore root health
Zhonghua Hexian: named by Mr. Xu Zongquan of Shantou (Zhonghua Shuixian), once called (Chigan Xiahua) by Mr. Zheng Liyong! Produced in Sichuan, this line's leaves are relatively thick, slanting upright, with lotus-type narcissus petals, flowers large and held above the foliage, well-spaced with orderly arrangement, petals broad and thick, each bloom uniform, keeping its form after long opening, a fine variety worth cultivating...
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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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Nongying Cymbidium faberi Variety Characteristics and Care Tips
Cymbidium faberi Nongying, Bronze Award at the 2nd Jiangsu Province Cymbidium faberi Exhibition (Wuxi) in 2005. Grower: Jiang Hongsheng
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How do you care for the Iron Bone (Tiegulan) series so that they bloom? A few practical tips to share
The Iron Bone series of orchids gets a strong reaction from netizens: the flowers are beautiful, but they are reluctant to bloom. There are tricks to getting them to flower: water, fertilizer, and sunlight. Specifically: control watering, and for a month before the hottest weather, keep up water restriction for several days at a time; apply a high-phosphorus fertilizer around the flowering season, preferably a fairly quick-acting one, but be careful about the amount; give plenty of sunlight, as Iron Bone series varieties...
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Golden-tipped Cymbidium sinense: An Introduction to the Cymbidium sinense Variety with Golden Leaf Tips
Golden-tipped Cymbidium sinense is a variety of Cymbidium sinense (Chinese orchid), named for the golden-yellow color at the tips of its leaves. It is a perennial herb. It has 4-5 leaves, clustered on oval pseudobulbs, with sword-shaped, dark green leaf blades. The flower stems are upright, rising above the leaves, and bear 7-17 flowers.
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Cai Xiansu Chunlan Variety Introduction and Care Tips
Also known as Cai Shuixian. Selected during the Republic of China period. Reportedly propagated from Cai Meisu, it blooms as a narcissus-petal type. New shoots are green, leaves are moderately broad, leaf habit is semi-arching, leaf color is rich, glutinous and glossy; the three outer petals have rounded angles, thick fleshy glutinous texture, and pale emerald green color. Level shoulders, soft pocket-held gui (soft pouch-shaped inner petals), heavy white tips, round tongue pure white, green stem slender. It is a rare case among pure-color flowers in having a pouch on the inner petals...
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Planting methods and care tips for rhubarb, narcissus, and Cymbidium ensifolium
New cultivar of Cymbidium ensifolium 'Dahuang Shuixian'
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Yuhuanfei Cymbidium ensifolium Variety Introduction and Care Tips
Four Seasons Orchid: one of the rainbow evolution varieties. New shoots are bright red, leaves are milky yellow; as the plant grows, variegation gradually emerges as marginal variegation with striped patterns, and once mature it changes to swept-tip variegation. Flowers are light peach pink.
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Shuxin Hongmei Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium) Variety Characteristics and Care Tips
A newly collected variety, Shuxin Hongmei has bloomed, very dignified and grand, charming yet still elegant and delicate, one might say exquisitely beautiful.
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