This orchid once sold for a sky-high price, now it is affordable, with high ornamental value, intense fragrance, and well worth owning
Introduction
Green plants and potted flowers are essential decorative touches for home life. Keeping some flowers and plants at home has many benefits: it beautifies the room and lifts the mood. "Flower Sound Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1380" introduces you to a famous orchid variety worth getting.
Today's featured plant
Orchids are a traditional famous flower of China, and there are many ancient poems and paintings related to orchids. For example, the great Tang dynasty poet Li Bai praised them: "The secluded orchid's fragrant wind blows far, the huicao grass spreads its fragrant roots." They have been deeply loved by Chinese people from ancient times to the present. There are many orchid varieties; today we introduce Yutu Caidie, let's take a look.
Yutu Caidie
Yutu Caidie is a wild-collected variety of Lianban orchid, native to western Yunnan Province, China. It has slender leaves of the Lianban type, and the flower segments are yellow-white. The center of the main petal has obvious red veins, and the two side petals show a high degree of butterfly-like variation, with large red blotches, rich and vivid color. The side petals curve upward, symmetrically and neatly arranged, resembling rabbit ears, which is why it is called Yutu (Jade Rabbit).
High ornamental value
The whole flower spike of Yutu Caidie has a strong three-dimensional effect, full of vitality and spirit. The flower shape is concise and lively, gorgeous but not vulgar, with a distinctive arrangement, and it has very high ornamental value. In 2004 it was entered into the China Orchid Famous Variety Directory, and it has won major awards at many national orchid exhibitions. Its price also rose accordingly; a few years ago a single seedling could sell for tens of thousands of yuan.
Long flowering period
Yutu Caidie also has a very long flowering period. It blooms in early spring, coinciding with the traditional Spring Festival. The flowers cover the leaves, and a single flower can last about 40 days. One flower spike bears 2 to 4 flowers, with a rich and lingering fragrance; one plant can fill a whole room with scent. It can serve as a high-end Lunar New Year flower, placed in the hall.
An excellent potted plant
Yutu Caidie is also a relatively easy orchid to cultivate. Its leaves are thick and sturdy, its root system is well developed, its seedling production rate is high, its reflowering rate is strong, its traits are stable, and its care difficulty is low, making it suitable for beginners. More importantly, with the spread of orchid cultivation, this once sky-high-priced plant is now very affordable. If you fail to keep it alive, you won't feel heartbroken; if you grow it well, it becomes a beautiful bonsai flower. It is worth getting.