A 12-year-old cowherd dug up a cymbidium silk grass, and his father happily sold it for three thousand yuan a month later

In recent years, the market for precious orchids has remained stable. Any striped-leaf orchid can sell for several thousand yuan. Driven by profit, more and more rural people have joined the ranks of orchid hunters, and all kinds of wild-collected orchids are common. What impressed me most was that a 12-year-old cowherd in Henan dug up a cymbidium with white scattered-band silk grass. Truly, when luck comes, nothing can stop it.

Because the cowherd's father was also in the orchid hobbyist circle and had dug up some precious orchids himself, he naturally taught his child to recognize some precious orchids. This was a cymbidium with white silk-striped variegation. The leaves had very obvious white silk stripes, and almost every leaf on the new shoots had them. Among the old shoots, only 2 leaves had a bit of silk, so it belonged to the evolving silk grass type.

Many orchid hobbyists were interested in this orchid and asked about its origin. When they learned that a 12-year-old cowherd had found it, they all felt the child had good financial luck. In the end, this cymbidium silk grass was sold for three thousand yuan to an orchid hobbyist for cultivation. His father was naturally all smiles and told everyone he met that his child had found it while playing on the mountain. He was happy for a full month or more. Fellow orchid lovers, have you seen anything like this around you? If you also like growing orchids, you are welcome to follow and share, and I also look forward to your comments and likes. Thank you!