A famous orchid that is easy to grow and keep alive, blooms in multiple seasons with a strong fragrance, and is affordably priced, so it is worth getting

Introduction

Potted green plants are essential decorative touches for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the home and lifts the mood. "Huassheng Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1239" introduces you to a very worthwhile orchid.

Today's featured plant

Orchids are plain and elegant, with pure fragrance. They have been loved by Chinese people since ancient times, and today they are rated as one of China's top ten famous flowers, as well as a common high-end Lunar New Year flower. Today I will introduce an orchid with extremely high value for money: beautiful, easy to grow, and richly fragrant, hailed as the noblest variety of the four-season orchid.

Jinhe

This flower is named Jinhe and belongs to the Cymbidium tortisepalum variety, also known as the four-season orchid. Its leaves are broad and thick, dark green in color, like those of Cymbidium sinense; the flower shape is especially round, like a banana shrub, slightly red when in bud, turning yellow after fully opening. The lower the temperature, the redder the flower color, especially in winter and spring, when the pink is very beautiful. It is a variety valued for both flowers and foliage.

Multiple flowers per stem

Jinhe blooms upright and neat. Although the flowers are small, the flower count is extremely high, with 5-9 flowers per stem and up to 13 flowers. Four-season orchids generally have a long flowering period, and with proper care they can bloom in all four seasons, with peak bloom in summer and autumn, making up for the regret that Cymbidium goeringii and Cymbidium faberi only bloom in spring. One flower can fill a whole room with fragrance.

Beautiful and easy to grow

Jinhe differs from ordinary orchids: it likes light, fertilizer, and water, and prefers coarser potting medium. Its root system is well developed and the plant is robust, so it is easy to grow strong, and flowering naturally follows. Once you understand its characteristics, it is very easy to cultivate and suitable for beginners as a practice plant.

One plant can scent a whole room

Jinhe has strong sprouting ability and can grow many new shoots in a year. If the pot is too crowded, divide the plant and repot in time to ensure enough nutrients to support flowering. In addition, Jinhe is also very affordable, available for just dozens of yuan, about the same price as ordinary green plants. It is very worth getting: if it does not survive, you will not feel bad, and if you grow it well, it becomes a beautiful bonsai flower.