Orchids are easy to grow and inexpensive, and even beginners can grow them to bloom fragrant flowers in multiple seasons

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 pleases the mood. "Huasheng Potted Plant Diary · Issue 1397" introduces an orchid suitable for beginners to grow.

Today's Featured Plant

Orchids are simple and elegantly understated, perfectly matching the character and aesthetics of Chinese people. They have been loved by Chinese people since ancient times and, together with "plum, bamboo, and chrysanthemum," are known as the "Four Gentlemen." To this day they remain one of the most beloved home-grown flowers in China. This issue introduces an orchid variety that every orchid grower must plant.

Longyan Su

This flower is called Longyan Su, a representative famous variety of plain-hearted Cymbidium ensifolium. It is named after its place of origin, Longyan, Fujian, and includes varieties such as short-stem, large-leaf, Chen family, and hard-sword. Its leaves are glossy and lustrous, and its flower posture is elegant, somewhat like the broad lotus-petal form among cymbidiums. The flower has a narcissus-shaped lotus petal form, is milky white with a green tinge, and has a plain heart without spots, giving it high ornamental value.

Many flowers, long flowering period

Longyan Su has upright flower scapes, with multiple flower stems emerging together. Each inflorescence has 5-7 flowers, and some can have as many as more than 10. It belongs to the four-season Cymbidium ensifolium. With proper care, it can bloom in all four seasons and usually blooms 3-5 times a year, making it the most prolific bloomer among Chinese cymbidiums. Its floral fragrance is sweet, rich but not heavy, with a delicate, far-reaching scent.

Super easy to grow

Four-season cymbidiums generally have strong plants, well-developed root systems, and strong sprouting ability, and Longyan Su is no exception. This variety has low environmental requirements and can even be grown in ordinary soil. It is not fussy and is easy to care for, and can be managed extensively like other green plants and flowers. It would not be an exaggeration to call it the easiest orchid to grow.

When the flowers bloom, fragrance fills the room ⟦13 Longyan Su is complete in posture, charm, color, and fragrance. It is a traditional celebrated variety among Chinese cymbidiums and is in no way inferior to many famous varieties. Its price is also very cheap; one seedling costs about the same as a pothos or spider plant. No orchid grower is without it. It is suitable for beginners to practice with. Plant one pot, and if it does not survive, you will not feel heartbroken; if you grow it well, it becomes a beautiful bonsai orchid. Placed in a corner of a desk, watching its green leaves and smelling its fragrance brings endless delight.

Longyan Su is complete in form, charm, color and fragrance, and is a traditional famous variety among Chinese orchids (Cymbidium). Compared with many famous varieties, it is in no way inferior, and its price is also very cheap. One seedling costs about the same as a pothos or spider plant. Every orchid grower keeps it, and it is suitable for beginners to practice with. Plant a pot of it: if it does not survive, you will not feel heartache, and if you grow it well, it becomes a beautiful bonsai orchid. Placed in a corner of a desk, watching its green leaves and smelling its fragrance brings endless delight.