Orchids are easy to grow and inexpensive, with long blooming periods, so even beginners can fill a room with fragrance

Introduction

Potted greenery is an essential decorative touch for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies your living space and lifts your mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary, Issue 1277" introduces you to several orchids suitable for beginners.

Zhude Su

Zhude Su, a traditional famous variety of Cymbidium ensifolium with plain-color flowers, once won the gold award at a national orchid competition. Its leaves are emerald green and glossy, its flowers are large with pure color and a rich fragrance, and it can bloom from June to November. Both flowers and foliage are beautiful. The plant is robust, easy to grow, and affordably priced, making it a rare fine variety and a must-have for beginners to practice with.

Xiao Taohong

Xiao Taohong, a type of Cymbidium ensifolium, is the most free-blooming orchid, with the blooming period mainly from May to October, and it also blooms in winter and spring. It usually produces two to eight flowers, with a very strong delicate fragrance, and is often used by orchid growers as a fill-in when other orchids are not in bloom. It once won an award at China's first orchid exposition, quickly becoming a famous variety among Cymbidium ensifolium. Today it has become a common plant, affordably priced, and suitable for beginners to practice with.

Qingshan Yuquan

Qingshan Yuquan, a famous variety of Cymbidium ensifolium, is known for its plain-colored heart and green claws, which is very rare among orchids. The outer edges of its petals are green, while the middle is as white as snow and crystal clear, giving it extremely high ornamental value. It blooms in multiple seasons, mainly from June to October, and is a strong-fragrance type; a single plant can scent an entire room.

Jinhe

Jinhe, a famous orchid variety from Yunnan, is hailed as the noblest variety of Cymbidium ensifolium. Its flowers are beautiful and it blooms freely. The buds are slightly red and turn yellow when fully open. The flowers stand above the leaves, with 5-9 flowers per stem and up to 13 flowers at most. It is very vigorous, likes light, fertilizer, and water, and is easy to grow strong, with low maintenance difficulty, so even beginners can grow it well.

Old Variety Jinqi

Jinqi, an evolved variety of Xiao Taohong with striped leaf variegation, has leaves with golden edges and perfect striped variegation. It is a classic representative of the four-season orchid's transformed crane variegation. Its leaves have golden-edged striped variegation with striking contrast, and both flowers and foliage are beautiful. Its floral fragrance is extremely rich; when one flower blooms, the whole room is filled with fragrance. It has a high sprouting rate, is easy to grow, and is affordably priced, with one seedling costing just over ten yuan. It is suitable for beginners: if it does not survive, you will not feel the loss, and if it thrives, it becomes a beautiful bonsai flower with high value for money.