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When Does the Gazania Bloom? A Detailed Guide to Its Flowering Period
There are many varieties of gazania, and the flower colors are very rich too. Generally, during the flowering period, they can bloom in a bright and striking way. So they are able to win the favor of growers, and this flower itself has a higher survival rate than ordinary flowers, so keeping a pot of them is a very convenient thing, and during the flowering period they can usually produce brilliant, dazzling blooms.
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Variety characteristics and care methods of the Shenlong Baoding Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii)
2009 Guizhou Nayong First Orchid Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition Special Gold Award - Shenlong Baoding: dwarf leaves with dragon-like growth, scale-bearing growth buds, unusual flowers with crystal, large flowers held above the foliage
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Detailed Introduction to the Xianghe Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii) Orchid Variety
Meihexian: the flowers stay unchanged in form for a long time, with a fresh green and elegantly understated color. The colored patch on the lip in particular has a Chinese-painting-like feel, fading from deep to light, as if telling of the distant and enduring culture of orchids. The lip forms a strong contrast with the delicately pale outer petals, giving a powerful visual impact.
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Introduction to the Cymbidium goeringii cultivar Donghai Dragon King (Zhoushan Dragon Plum)
Donghai Dragon King (Zhoushan Dragon Plum or Gaodao Plum) is a very unusual "floating-door" type of Cymbidium goeringii (narcissus-flowered orchid).
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Cultivation and Care Methods for String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus)
String of Pearls is a perennial trailing flowering plant. It is also commonly called watermelon rind, watermelon string of pearls, and so on. String of Pearls has oval spherical succulent leaves, pale green, alternately arranged; the flowers are pale yellow-white or pale purple, small and lovely. It is generally grown in pots to admire the hanging bead-like stems, which after three to four years can reach more than one meter in length, remaining lushly green all year round, and is deeply loved by home gardeners...
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How to Grow Cymbidium goeringii (Grass Orchid)? Detailed Growing Guide
Cymbidium goeringii, also called grass orchid or mountain orchid, has fleshy roots and spherical pseudobulbs, with tufted, firm and tough leaves about 20-25 cm long, narrow and pointed with rough edges. Around the spring equinox, flower stems emerge from the base of the plant; the stems bear white membranous bracts, with a single flower at the tip. There are many prized cultivars with a rich fragrance. Cymbidium goeringii is a terrestrial orchid...
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Why have famous Cymbidium faberi varieties been lost? Uncovering those vanished orchid treasures
In the more than 300 years from the early Qing Dynasty to the founding of the People's Republic of China, a total of 187 famous Cymbidium faberi varieties were selected in our country, and 125 were lost. Among the more famous top-grade rare varieties are: 1. The green Cymbidium faberi lotus-petal pure variety "Dakuaisu", also known as "Dakuisu". In 1876, Xu Jilou of Jiaxing, Zhejiang discovered it in the Dakui study. In 1911 it went to Zheng Tongmei of Shuanglin, Wuxing, Zhejiang...
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How to repot a cymbidium orchid? Sharing my care experience
Rongfeng is lazy, and a green-flowered cymbidium has gone more than 2 years without repotting. When dividing the plants, I found a large shoot piercing into the pseudobulb base; in over ten years of growing orchids, this is the first time I've encountered it, so I'm posting it for everyone to enjoy. Repotting, dividing and potting up took more than 1 hour. Mix: 40% refined Rong bark, 40% Ishi-ishi (Kanuma-type stone), 20% Sendon (Japanese akadama-type clay). In May 2011, 2 plants with shoots were potted up, in a plastic pot on the 1st-floor balcony...
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Introduction to the Amethyst Spring Orchid Variety and Analysis of Its Characteristics
This plant was purchased in 2005 by Youlan Wenxuan in Huoshan from a fellow orchid enthusiast. The plant shows a comprehensive crystal gauze stripe variegation (bright at the front, with a small amount of variegation remaining on the old leaves), extremely rare, and produces crystal flowers, with superb one-character shoulders, a white base with purple veins and a green tip, and the center of the flower does not curl back even after being open for a long time. It is crystal clear, noble and elegant, with a purple glow (hence the name Amethyst), and is even more dazzling in the sun, with a superb fragrance...
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How to grow Phalaenopsis so it blooms on time? Sharing practical tips
Generally, there are three reasons that affect the flowering quality of Phalaenopsis. The first is genetic, including flower color, shape, size, number, number of stems, whether the flower stems branch, flower stem length, and so on. If we already have one at home, there is no way to change or choose these, haha. The second is health status. Before low temperatures are used to force stem development, Phalaenopsis must reach sufficient maturity; the plant must store enough dry matter; the plant must be free of...
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