There is an art to selecting orchids, and these four key points must be mastered
In 1920 it was selected and bred by Yang Zuren of Ningbo. The leaves are obliquely erect, with blunt tips, and the leaf margins curl slightly inward. The leaves are emerald green and glossy. The bracts are light green. The outer three petals of the flower are short and round, with tight edges and narrowed bases, and a thick, glutinous texture. The shoulders are level, the petals are shell-shaped (Bang Ke Peng), and the lip is a pure white large round tongue that curls slightly backward. The flower color is emerald green.
(1) Roots: thick, short, deer-antler roots, earthworm roots, dragon roots (beware of bamboo-joint roots put out by old back bulbs)
(2) Leaf sheaths: short and blunt, variegation, colored flowers
(3) Flower buds: veins, mouth, sand halo, color spots, shape, luster, shell hardness (plum), thin/thick (lotus), bud dissection
(4) Leaves: wood grain, fish belly, blunt tip, serrations, broad leaves, slender base, oblique erect, cupped, containing crystal, deep groove, leaf tip curved inward like a spoon, leaf veins offset to one side
Note:
① Be wary: traditional varieties passed off as newly collected wild specimens
② Key to bargaining: pretend not to know, look at other plants, take your time
③ Overall impression (first glance)
④ Order: lotus -- plum (hard leaves, white heads) -- exotic flowers
⑤ Be cautious gambling on damaged plants, be cautious gambling on cultivated plants (check for dragon roots; a large number of shoots may mean it has already flowered)
⑥ Do not be greedy (too many, too expensive)<60元）、玩心情
⑦ For petal-type flowers, check whether the tongue is straight; for exotic flowers, check whether the column has mutated (fine, round and long)
⑧ Protect orchid resources; those who dig up orchids in sweeping raids are strongly despised. Abundant wild resources are the foundation of orchid selection -- leave some for your descendants.
⑨ Ten bets, ten losses; ten thousand bets, one win (first, orchid selection skill; second, luck).
⑩ What you get from paper is ultimately shallow; to truly know this matter, you must practice it yourself.