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Detailed Guide to Orchid Care, Management Methods and Techniques
Orchids belong to the family Orchidaceae and are monocotyledonous plants, perennial herbs. They grow 20 to 40 cm tall, with long tubular roots. The leaves cluster from the base of the stem, are linear-lanceolate, slightly leathery, and grow in bundles of 2 to 3. The orchid is a traditional famous flower of China, a flowering plant renowned for its fragrance. With its distinctive leaves, flowers and fragrance, the orchid uniquely embodies the Four Pure Qualities (pure qi,...
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What are the characteristics of Jianlan and Sijilan? Understand their care methods in one article
Sijilan is a type within the Jianlan series, also known as Xialan, Qiulan, and so on. Jianlan is mainly produced in Fujian, and Fujian was once hailed as the hometown of Jianlan. Jianlan is widely distributed, in areas south of the Yangtze River in China or along both banks of the Yangtze River basin, and on both sides of the central mountain slopes in Taiwan, China. In damp shaded places in forests or under mixed woods at altitudes below 1500 m, and in foggy places on south-facing mountain slopes...
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Introduction to the Characteristics and Care Methods of the Zheding Huilan Orchid Variety
Petal type: Red-shell plum petal. Characteristics: The three outer petals are short and round with tight edges, a separated silkworm-moth lip, and a large round tongue. The flower has level shoulders, is emerald green in color, with pinkish coloration at the petal base; the flower form is large and the texture is glutinous. The leaves are relatively broad, emerald green, and glossy.
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Characteristics and Care Methods of the Three-Star Butterfly Cymbidium kanran
The leaves are semi-pendulous and slender, belonging to the fine-leaf Cymbidium kanran type. The leaf color is dark green, the leaf margins are smooth, and the leaf bases spread outward, giving the whole plant an elegant, flowing appearance. The flower stalk is crimson red, the bracts at the flower base are green, the petals are bamboo-leaf shaped, the lip petals are butterfly-transformed, with red spots on a green background; the flower colors are brilliant and showy, making it a standard Three-Star Butterfly.
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Characteristics of the Caifeng Cymbidium ensifolium variety and an introduction to its care methods
The mountain-collected origin is unknown; it was selected in Shantou. Caifeng is a bicolor-flowered Cymbidium ensifolium. Its leaf buds show a green outer rim with a yellow-centered translucent pre-emergent pattern; by the time the growth matures, some leaves gradually turn green, while others carry a slight yellow stripe pattern. The leaves are soft and smooth, medium-short and semi-arching, with an elegant, graceful posture. The flowers rise above the leaves, with several flowers per scape, cat-ear-shaped petals (pouch petals), each with a brilliant...
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Introduction to the Care Methods for Bougainvillea and Cold Orchid
Plum-petal Cold Orchid Bougainvillea
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Introduction to the Characteristics and Care Methods of the Myth Cymbidium goeringii Variety
Myth: In 2001, Chen Jiang selected it from a grower in Xinchang; it was a small seedling with 3 shoots and dragon roots dug from Zhoushan. The leaves are firm and slanting upright, with slight snowflake crystal markings, and the leaf texture is thick, glutinous and glossy. It first bloomed in 2007, and bloomed again in 2008. After two bloomings, the flower form was upright and stable, and in both years it won favorable reviews from orchid enthusiasts. The flower is delicately fragrant, with short round petals and a large round...
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Characteristics and Care Methods of the Jianlan Guanshanhe Orchid
A Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium) lotus-petal variety, a wrinkled-leaved medium-dwarf type, with thick, lusterless leaves of deep green, usually growing two leaves. The foliage is imposing and grand, with rounded leaf tips. The flower is a true lotus form, with a narrowed base and flared corners, and it is relatively difficult to bloom.
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Introduction to the Characteristics and Care Methods of the Flamingo Jianlan Orchid Variety
Flower type: colored flower
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Characteristics of the Golden Sun Cymbidium sinense Variety and Its Care Methods
"Golden Sun" is an excellent variety of Cymbidium sinense (Chinese orchid) that excels in both flowers and foliage (lotus-type variegated foliage). Its variegation begins as claw variegation (basic variegation), then progressively changes to golden rim variegation. In the past two years, it has begun to trend toward rim stripe variegation, blotched stripe variegation, medium blotch variegation with a small dark green cap, yellow-centered transparent variegation, and crown variegation, developing toward multiple variegation types. Some white claw and white stripe phenomena have also appeared.
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