Cypress bonsai picture appreciation, savoring the beauty of rugged strength

Chinese name: Cypress

Family and genus: Cupressaceae, Cupressus

Cypress is relatively cold-tolerant, with poor wind resistance. It tolerates drought and prefers moisture, but does not tolerate waterlogging. It tolerates poor soil and can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil. It grows slowly. Its lifespan is extremely long, making it an excellent material for bonsai.

A complete collection of cypress bonsai pictures for appreciation

Cypress is an evergreen tree with an extremely wide distribution in China, from Inner Mongolia and Jilin in the north to Guangdong and northern Guangxi in the south, and its cultivated range covers almost the entire country. It is an excellent landscaping tree species. The tree height generally can reach 20 m. The bark is reddish-brown and longitudinally fissured.

Would you like to admire cypress bonsai pictures? Today the editor will take everyone to learn about cypress and admire cypress bonsai pictures.


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      While admiring cypress bonsai pictures, the editor will introduce cypress to everyone. The branchlets of cypress are flat, and the leaves are scale-like. It is monoecious, with cones borne singly at the tips of branches. The cones are nearly ovoid. The seeds are long ovoid and wingless. Platycladus orientalis prefers light, but seedlings and young trees have some shade tolerance.
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       It is relatively cold-tolerant, with poor wind resistance. It tolerates drought and prefers moisture, but does not tolerate waterlogging. It tolerates poor soil and can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil. It grows slowly. Its lifespan is extremely long. The wood is moderate in hardness, fine-textured, aromatic, and highly decay-resistant. It is mostly used for construction, furniture, joinery, and so on. The seeds, roots, leaves, and bark can be used as medicine; oil pressed from the seeds is used for making soap, for food, or for medicinal purposes.
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      Cypress has dense branching, with many slender, weak branchlets and thick foliage. The crown is completely surrounded by branches and leaves, so one side cannot be seen from the other, like a large dark green cone. In ancient China, seashells were revered and used as currency. Some experts believe that the reverence for seashells originated from reproductive worship, and the seashells revered by the ancients were precisely conical in shape.
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       Therefore, the name cypress comes from “shell” the character “” (cypress) is similar in pronunciation to the character “” (shell), so “” (cypress) is “” (shell tree), indicating a type of tree whose crown resembles a shell. Because cypress resembles a shell, in ancient times cypress also had a certain significance of reproductive worship. Chinese people planted cypress in cemeteries, symbolizing eternal life or rebirth and new life, which may be a surviving custom of ancient reproductive worship.
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      While admiring cypress bonsai pictures, would you like to understand cypress growth habits? Cypress belongs to the division Gymnospermae and is mainly distributed in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. China has 8 genera and 29 species, widely distributed across China. Cypress is relatively cold-tolerant, with poor wind resistance. It tolerates drought and prefers moisture, but does not tolerate waterlogging. It tolerates poor soil and can grow in slightly acidic to slightly alkaline soil. Its growth rate is slow, and the tree age generally can reach more than 400 years. It generally grows on the shady side of mountains.
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      After enjoying cypress pictures, do not forget to learn about the uses of cypress. The aromatic gases released by cypress have the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, drying dampness and killing insects, and can dispel illness and resist pathogenic factors while cultivating the body's vital qi. According to tests, its main components are camphene and limonene.
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       These natural substances can not only kill bacteria and viruses and purify the air, but also have the effect of relaxing the mind and stabilizing emotions. After people inhale the fragrance of cypress, blood pressure can decrease, cerebral blood flow can decrease, and depressive mood can be relieved.
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       Some countries carry out forest therapy, letting cancer patients go to cypress forests for leisure and entertainment. Most patients' mental states improve, and some even eliminate the nausea and vomiting reactions caused by chemotherapy. The large amount of negative oxygen ions diffused in mountain forests can improve the human body's immune function and regulate the functions of the respiratory and central nervous systems, and has long been known as air vitamin.
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Conclusion: Every part of the cypress is valuable. Its resin, tree oil, fruit, twigs, and leaves can all be used as medicine. Among them, the seeds of Platycladus orientalis, known as Bai Ziren, and the leaves of Platycladus orientalis are the most widely used in clinical practice. Today the editor's brief introduction to cypress ends here. Thank you all for accompanying the editor in enjoying cypress pictures.

Platycladus orientalis bonsai picture appreciation

Chinese name: Platycladus orientalis

Alternative names: Chinese arborvitae, cypress

Latin scientific name: Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco

Family and genus: Cupressaceae, Platycladus

Platycladus orientalis is one of the most widely used landscaping tree species in China. Because Platycladus orientalis has a long lifespan and beautiful tree form, it is often scattered in courtyards, planted in groups, or planted around buildings. Because it tolerates pruning, it can also be cultivated as a hedge. At the same time, Platycladus orientalis is also an ideal material for making bonsai.