Cheap orchids for beginners: easy to grow, blooms frequently, beautiful and fragrant

Introduction

Potted green plants have become an essential decorative element of home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the living space and lifts the mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1148" introduces you to an orchid that is most suitable for beginners to grow.

Today's Featured Plant

Orchids are a traditional famous flower of China. Chinese people have a long history of growing orchids, and they have been highly esteemed since ancient times; poems and paintings related to orchids are countless. In modern times, they were even voted fourth among the "Top Ten Famous Flowers of China." There are many orchid varieties with varying levels of difficulty in care. For beginners, choosing the right variety is the way to avoid detours and avoid wasting money on lessons.

Little Prodigy

This flower is named "Little Prodigy" (Xiao Shen Tong). It is recognized in the orchid world as the top choice variety for practice. It is a hybrid of Cymbidium ensifolium (four-season orchid) and Cymbidium hybridum (large-flowered cymbidium). It has both the delicate fragrance and elegance of Chinese orchids and the large, brightly colored flowers of Western orchids. It blooms with golden-yellow flowers, and the flower color is pure, with no stray color throughout the bloom, a single golden blossom. It is also called "Golden Little Prodigy." Since its introduction, it has been pursued by many flower enthusiasts.

Frequent Blooming

Little Prodigy has four-season orchid genetics, and its flowering period is very long. It can bloom all year round. In South China, it blooms more in summer and autumn, while in the north it blooms more in autumn and winter. Its flowering period can also be controlled to fall during the Chinese New Year as a holiday potted plant. Its flowers are brightly colored, and the flower shape is larger than that of ordinary Chinese orchids. It produces many flowers; a single flower scape can bear dozens of blooms at the same time. Not only can you enjoy a golden expanse of flowers, you can also smell waves of floral fragrance.

Super Easy to Grow

Little Prodigy has a long flowering period and strong ornamental value. What is even more rare is that it is also very easy to grow. Its root system is well developed, and the underground part has pseudobulbs 3.5 cm long and 3 cm wide, with extremely strong sprouting ability. As the saying goes, "growing orchids is growing roots"; once the roots are stable, sprouting and blooming naturally follow. Little Prodigy can even be grown without special orchid medium, though beginners are still advised to use orchid potting mix.

When the flowers bloom, fragrance fills the room

Little Prodigy combines many advantages in one. Because it is a hybrid orchid, the price is very cheap, yet it still retains a noble quality. It blooms and grows vigorously, is beautiful and fragrant, and is currently the most common hybrid orchid on the orchid market. Because it also blooms in summer, it is likewise favored by many experienced orchid growers to make up for the regret of having no flowers to admire in summer. It is also the variety most suitable for beginners to grow.