This orchid was once worth a million, now it is affordable, beautiful and easy to grow, with pure fragrance, suitable for beginners
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorations for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and pleases the mood. "Huasheng Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1348" introduces you to an orchid that was once very famous.
Today's featured plant
Friends familiar with orchids should not be unfamiliar with this flower. It is named "Datang Shengshi" (Prosperous Tang Dynasty). It once won grand prizes at national orchid exhibitions many times and was crazily sought after. In 2006, its price was hyped up to a sky-high 2.6 million yuan, attracting countless people to propagate it. It became a star orchid at the time, and everyone regarded it as a marvel.
Datang Shengshi
Datang Shengshi is essentially a hybrid produced using Cymbidium goeringii 'Yu Hudie' as the male parent and Cymbidium lianpan 'Bilong Qidie' as the female parent. It blooms multi-petaled butterfly flowers. Unscrupulous flower traders called it a wild-collected orchid and drove the price to its peak, attracting countless orchid farmers to buy and plant it at high prices. Later it was confirmed to be a hybrid orchid, and the price plummeted all the way, causing many people to lose their entire fortunes.
High ornamental value
The reason Datang Shengshi could be hyped up is related to its ornamental value. Its bloom form is neat and proper, and it once became a representative of exotic-flower types. Compared with the famous Fushan Qidie, it is not inferior at all. Its flowering period is long, and its fragrance is also very pure. Even after blooming for more than a month, it still retains a delicate fragrance; a single plant can perfume a whole room.
Easy to grow
Hybrid orchids generally have robust traits and are easier to grow and care for than wild-collected orchids. Datang Shengshi is the same. This variety has a well-developed root system, large and thick leaves, and strong adaptability to the environment, making it relatively easy to grow. After falling from its pedestal, it is still loved by flower enthusiasts and has become one of the most popular hybrid orchids.
Orchid bonsai
For orchid enthusiasts who love orchids, it is a good thing that orchid market prices have returned to reason. You can buy one for ten or twenty yuan; if it does not survive, you will not feel heartbroken, and if you grow it well, it is a beautiful bonsai flower. For beginners, hybrid orchids are still the first choice. As long as you like it, whether it is a hybrid or not does not matter. We can eat hybrid rice, so why can't we grow hybrid orchids, right?