A single Cymbidium faberi 'Zhongtou' (center-variegated orchid) bought for 5,000 yuan keeps sending up new shoots one after another, and the more I look at it, the more I like it
It is orchid market season again. After a year of careful cultivation by orchid enthusiasts, orchids sprout and bloom in spring, which is exactly when they look their most beautiful. Many orchid growers bring out their finest orchids to seize the golden season of the orchid market and make a tidy profit, while orchid lovers who enjoy investing in orchids will resolutely snap up any orchid they like, since fine orchids are rare goods worth hoarding, and once missed, they are gone.
Last week I went to an orchid enthusiast's orchid garden in Hubei to admire the orchids, and saw a strikingly center-variegated Cymbidium faberi with extremely vigorous growth, a very beautiful seedling form, and large "caps" (broad variegated leaf tips). I learned from the enthusiast that in the spring of the year before last, he bought a single center-variegated Cymbidium faberi for 5,000 yuan, and under careful cultivation and tending it sent up new shoots one after another. This year it produced 2 new shoots at once, and its quality keeps getting better. The more he looks at this orchid, the more he likes it.
The price of center-variegated orchids ranges from a few hundred to tens of thousands, depending on quality, variegation pattern, seedling form, caps, and so on. Especially when the variegation on the corner leaves is beautiful and the variety is very stable, as long as the owner cultivates it with care, it can produce 1-2 new shoots each year, and a year's income is enough to live on.
I have to admit this enthusiast has real eye, daring to buy a single center-variegated Cymbidium faberi for 5,000 yuan and growing it so well. Next year, when a few more new shoots come up, it can be divided. Fellow orchid enthusiasts, have you ever seen a center-variegated Cymbidium faberi that sends up new shoots one after another? If you also like orchids, you are welcome to follow and share, and I look forward to your comments and likes. Thank you!