The most famous hybrid orchid, with perfectly formed blooms and a strong fragrance, as beautiful as famous varieties and suitable for beginners
Introduction
Potted green plants are essential decorative items for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and uplifts the mood. "Huashing Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1321" introduces you to an orchid suitable for beginners.
Today's Featured Plant
Orchids are famous Chinese flowers with a long history of cultivation and have been highly regarded since ancient times. Even today, they remain one of the most common indoor potted flowers in China. There are many traditional Chinese orchid varieties, and many famous ones are quite expensive. Today we introduce a hybrid orchid whose performance is excellent and in no way inferior to famous varieties.
Emperor Plum
This flower is called "Emperor Plum." Just from the name, you can tell its status is not low. It is a artificial hybrid variety of Cymbidium goeringii and Cymbidium sinense with true plum-petal form. Its leaves are large, emerald green and glossy, and its blooms are perfectly formed and beautiful, combining "plum, lotus, large, and round" in one. It is praised as the crown of plum petals, hence the name Emperor Plum.
Beautiful, no less than famous varieties
Emperor Plum is not only beautiful in flower color and flower shape, but its fragrance is also very pure. When it blooms, it has a particularly elegant scent; a single plant can fill a room with fragrance. Some flower lovers even give it the reputation of "the finest fragrance under heaven." Its characteristics are closer to Cymbidium goeringii, blooming from February to April each year and lasting one to two months.
Low cultivation difficulty
Generally speaking, hybrid orchids are easier to cultivate than wild-collected orchids. After all, they are artificially bred, and adaptability is highly valued during selection. Emperor Plum is also easier to cultivate than other Cymbidium goeringii. Special orchid soil is sufficient; place it in a ventilated spot with bright, indirect light, and water thoroughly only when the soil is dry. Outdoor cultivation is even better than indoor cultivation, and beginners should have no trouble growing it well.
Emperor Plum bonsai
Compared with many famous orchid varieties that cost thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan per seedling, hybrid orchids are very affordable. The most common hybrid orchids on the market, such as Little Prodigy, can be bought for just over ten yuan. As the best-performing and most famous hybrid orchid, Emperor Plum is slightly more expensive, costing only a few dozen yuan, yet its ornamental value is in no way inferior to famous varieties. Its cost-performance ratio is still very high, making it suitable for beginners as a practice plant.