Orchids are easy to grow and cheap, bloom in three seasons with a strong fragrance, and even beginners can grow them well
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential accents for home life; they beautify the room and also delight the mood and cultivate the character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 981" introduces you to an orchid suitable for beginners.
Today's Featured Plant
Orchids have a tranquil temperament, a distant fragrance, and a simple, elegant, and noble character. Since ancient times they have been loved by our country's people, and many varieties have been given the title "national orchid." They are one of China's top ten famous flowers and have many admirers. The orchid introduced today is named "He-type Yellow Lotus Petal" and belongs to the four-season orchid Jianlan variety. It is beautiful and easy to grow, suitable for beginner cultivation.
He-type Yellow Lotus Petal
He-type Yellow Lotus Petal, also called Golden Lotus, has beautiful leaf posture, and its leaf texture is especially broad and thick, very similar to Cymbidium sinense. The leaf color is emerald green, the flowers rise above the leaves, and it is a standard true lotus-petal flower. The flower shape is especially round, like a smiling face. When in bud the color is slightly red, and after fully opening it turns yellow. Both flowers and leaves are beautiful. Among four-season lotus-petal flowers it stands out uniquely and is praised as the most noble variety of four-season orchid.
Extremely Long Blooming Period
He-type Yellow Lotus Petal (Golden Lotus) belongs to the four-season orchid. Four-season orchid, as the name implies, is an orchid that blooms in all four seasons (under proper care). It is the most widespread variety among national orchids. Golden Lotus has a very long blooming period and generally can bloom three times a year, with a very large flower count, 5-9 flowers per stem, and at most can open 13 flowers. The fragrance is rich; when one stem blooms, the whole room is filled with delicate fragrance.
Easy Care
He-type Yellow Lotus Petal plants are strong, with well-developed root systems, easy to grow as plants and to flower, with a high sprouting rate, and are very easy to care for. Care points: more light, less watering (shade in summer). Growing medium: if you can control water well, use leaf mold; if you cannot control water well, use coconut chunks. Using peanut shells and walnut shells as a bottom layer is also good, and it is very easy to keep alive. Suitable for beginners to practice with.
Golden Lotus Bonsai
For beginners growing orchids, it is recommended to choose Jianlan four-season orchid first, and Golden Lotus blooms and sprouts abundantly, is easy to cultivate, and averages 3 blooms a year. It is very easy to build a sense of achievement and accumulate growing experience. Cultivate a few plants at home, and when the flowers bloom, one plant can fill a room with fragrance, allowing you to enjoy the flowers and smell the scent. As a common grass, Golden Lotus is cheap and very worth having.