For beginners growing orchids, choose this one: big flowers, strong fragrance, frequent blooming, cheap and easy to grow
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential accents for home life; they can beautify the room and also soothe the mind and cultivate character. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1047" introduces you to an orchid suitable for beginners to grow.
Today's Featured Plant
Orchids, especially traditional Chinese cymbidiums such as Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium), Chunlan (Cymbidium goeringii), and Molan (Cymbidium sinense), have fresh and elegant flower colors and a delicate, far-reaching fragrance. They have been deeply loved by Chinese people since ancient times. It can be said that orchids are closely connected with traditional Chinese culture, and they are still one of the most sought-after potted flowers and plants today. However, there are many orchid varieties with differing levels of care difficulty. For beginners, choosing an easy-to-grow one is the way to pay less in tuition.
Golden Little Prodigy
Golden Little Prodigy is a hybrid of Cymbidium hybridum and Jianlan (Cymbidium ensifolium). It inherits the excellent genes of both: its flowers are as large as those of Cymbidium hybridum, its fragrance is as strong as that of traditional Chinese cymbidiums, and the plant is upright and handsome with extremely strong sprouting ability. It blooms with golden-yellow flowers without a trace of mixed color, pure and beautifully colored. It is currently the most common hybrid orchid variety and the first choice for many orchid growers as a starter.
Frequent Blooming
Golden Little Prodigy is one of the orchids with the longest flowering period and blooms very readily, repeatedly flowering multiple times a year. When it blooms, multiple scapes emerge at once and many flowers open together. The flower color is brilliant golden and dazzling, with high ornamental value. When it blooms, fragrance fills the room. It is praised as the "Flower Chief of the Four Seasons" and is highly sought after by orchid growers.
Simple Care
What is even more rare is that Golden Little Prodigy is also very easy to cultivate and care for. Choose a coarse-particle, well-aerated potting medium, place it in a spot with sunlight, and when watering, use a watering can to spray the medium and slowly water thoroughly. Because the plant is large and blooms abundantly, it needs a greater supply of fertilizer. Apply a dilute liquid fertilizer once every half month. With such management, its condition will be very good and the reblooming rate is extremely high.
One flower blooms, fragrance fills the room
As a hybrid orchid, even though it has high ornamental value, few people speculate on it, which makes its price very affordable. On average, one plant can be bought for less than 10 yuan, so even if it dies you will not feel heartbroken, and if it lives you have gotten a bargain. It is usually used as a starter practice plant for beginner orchid growers, but because of its long flowering period, it is also a must-have variety for experienced orchid growers.