Methods of breeding good flowers in wild orchids

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Choose from the flowers.

Late winter and early spring is the florescence of most orchids and the golden season for buying orchids. People who love orchids can see the pros and cons of orchids by their flowers. In the specific selection, we should pay attention to the selection of orchids with excellent petal shape, good color, linear art and strange shape. First, the fragrance of flowers is mellow, rest type is excellent, strong fragrance, sandalwood type is medium, non-fragrance is the second, and those who blossom in four seasons and festivals are precious. Second, the flower color to plain heart, high-grade color flower is excellent, perianth pure color, complex color is medium, the color is too light and disorderly, hemp miscellaneous. Third, the fragrance of flowers, strange flowers, flowers on the leaves, the florescence of the elderly is the best. Fourth, the petal type is the plum valve, the lotus valve, the daffodil valve and the mixed valve of the three, butterfly valve, odd valve (multi-valve, few valve, parallel pedicle), bamboo leaf valve and willow leaf valve. Fifth, the sepal is thick, and the calyx on both sides is superior to "flying shoulder" and "one word shoulder". Sixth, the core column (nose) is small, and more nose is better. Seventh, it is better to hold the flap with hard quality, hard holding, and two valves without opening the window. Eighth, the lip flap (tongue) is upright, short and round, wide and thick, pocket, color waxy, multi-tongue, regular scarlet spots, color blocks or pure color, such as wishful tongue, bangs, big round tongue, dragon swallowing tongue, red tongue, plain tongue and so on. The ninth is that the scape is out of the shelf, thin and round, straight, and the color is set off against the leaves.

Choose from the leaves

The flowering period of orchid from one year to the end of the year is only dozens of days and months, and the sun is less, the disease is serious, the flowers can not be seen in several years, and the fragrant orchids account for the majority. Orchid grass without flowers is commonly known as "gambling grass" and "mute grass". In this case, we can only look at the leaves to select grass. First, the leaves of Xiashan orchid are messy, rough and defective, so we should focus on the selection of leaf types. Bluegrass leaves should be relatively wide, thick, dignified, elastic and shiny, and the main vein should be visible, the middle bone transparent and the grooves to be deep. adult belly type, skin wrinkle, overlapping waves. Second, the sharp tip, the leaf tip round blunt, the round head open *, the leaf tip cap white bright, the leaf tip pocket into a spoon shape, the leaf tip has different color, the leaf tip is very hard and rough, tingling, and even keratinized.

Third, the foot of the sheath shell should be tight and high, the sheath leaf should expand outward, and the bract tip texture is thick, hard and sharp, so that the root of the petal structure of the flower can be tightened and the front end of the petal can be put open. Fourth, the sheath shell has sand halo, muscles and veins through the top, the color is single and no miscellaneous colors or the whole waxy, transparent, ribbed top, there are often plain flowers, color flowers. Fifth, short recommended to be small and smart, with short, round, wide, thick, thick, dragon, from 7 characteristics, to see whether it is handed down from generation to generation, similar. Sixth, leaf tip, leaf nail buckle to the center of the leaf, hanging thick rib pattern, leaf slender, end twisted and drooping, leaf tip appears "wire mouth", leaf presents "angle", "walking bridge", "cicada clothes". Seventh, the number of leaves is particularly large, the leaf posture is peculiar and polymorphic, showing dovetail leaves, yin and yang leaves, cockscomb-shaped, olecranon-shaped, tip long burr, orchid plants are more than two different orchid species, and so on. These orchid plants show the characteristics, the proportion of good flowers will be more.

Choose from Ye Yi

Ye Yicao is also known as Line Yicao. Ye Yi line lines are beautiful, novel and skillful, varied, there are picture spot art, Zhongtuoyi, chimera art and so on, which are dizzying and dizzying, as well as pre-enlightened and later bright. In the selection, we should pay attention to the selection of stable and expected varieties, and choose the extraordinary leaf and flower double art grass. The real natural line grass has the characteristics of clear boundary, position symbol, Jia you and fresh tail. False line Yilan is often dark, scattered, displacement, no A, tail coke. Choose those with heart-drawn leaves, open nose dragons, bright bones, white-red nail tips, groups of silver filaments, silver on the back, bright contrast, gorgeous, sharp-pointed and bottoming Ye Ye. In the future, the evolution of art is relatively stable and easy to flower, and there are relatively more cases of good art and high art.

Choose from false bulbs and roots

The root is deep, the leaf is luxuriant, the stem is strong, the flower is good. The lower orchid needs to see whether the roots are zigzag, mostly dragon roots or gingerbread roots, spreading in all directions, with mountain base soil and natural humus. Choose the lower mountain orchid with many roots and no rotten roots, which can sprout more and be easy to cultivate. Orchid roots such as antler root, ginseng root, cuttlefish whisker root, chicken claw root, branched root, multi-segmented root are easy to produce good grass. As an important organ for the growth and reproduction of orchids, pseudobulbs should be thick and round. False bulbs with special shapes, such as "olive-shaped", "winter bamboo shoot-shaped", "gourd-shaped", "conical" and so on, often have the possibility of odd flowers and improved varieties.

Choose from flower buds and leaf buds

First, the leaf bud, flower bud pure color or color is extremely bright, such as brown, black, blood red, dark purple brown and so on, colored flowers and the possibility of art change. Second, the new buds show yellow-white or green yellowish white spots, nail tips with large bright spots of rice grains, is a sign of art, such as a red halo on the highlights of nail tips, will be a sign of high skill. Third, the bud is round and strong, like a warhead, the flower bud in the bract, such as longan kernel, most of the plum petals, shaped like olives, more lotus petals. Fourth, the buds unearthed are white, white-green or green, and those who do not have any miscellaneous spots or lines will have a vegetarian heart. Fifth, buds are pure monochromatic, such as yellow, red, purplish red, etc., without any miscellaneous colors, and there are white crystal hooks or white rice grains at the tip, it is possible to give out flavin or lycopene. Sixth, the color of the flower can also be inferred from the color of the bud. If there are multi-colored ribs or sand halos between the buds, most of them can produce beautiful complex-colored flowers with bright contrast and alternating colors. After the new buds are unearthed, the brighter and thicker the coloring is, the thicker the flower color is, especially the brighter and thicker the flowers are.

In addition, in the selection and purchase, do not be greedy for perfection, do not choose tissue culture grass, back-cage grass, sick orchid and fake and shoddy orchid grass, but find orchid merchants and orchid families with good reputation to buy; pay attention to the selection of true and healthy orchid plants, the survival rate and seedling rate are also high. If the weak orchid with serious diseases and insect pests is selected, the survival rate is low, it is difficult to rejuvenate, it is more difficult to blossom, poor isolation management, ineffective control measures, a little careless, it will fall seedlings, and even a species can not stay, and some will even infect the orchid in the orchid shed, bringing trouble and losses, affecting future exchanges and sales, and expect it to sprout and blossom for several years, and it is not cost-effective in all aspects. Lower mountain orchid generally has the characteristics of "preemptive growth", the incubation period is faster, after selection, cultivation and management can be relatively extensive, less or no fertilization.

While planting the traditional "home grass", we should consult, observe and compare more, and carry out omni-directional identification of the lower mountain orchid from the aspects of flowers, leaves, roots and stems. We believe that with our rich experience and unique vision to try our luck and select and cultivate some "characteristic" and "content" downhill orchids, it is difficult to say that there is the possibility of small investment and large profits, and that they are very creative, challenging and exciting.

The experience of how to select plum petals from downhill grass

I like orchids. I often go to the mountains to look for them, or go to the market to learn to identify them. I often discuss with orchids more often, and I often learn the rich experience of some experts on the Internet. The summary is as follows: the plum petal grass mountain has many fish belly leaves, many arches, the color is relatively bright, the leaves have a strong sense of waxy, the texture is delicate, the new grass is emerald green, feel it with your hands, the leaves are elastic, not as soft as touching thin paper, the tip of the leaves is U or V-shaped, the serrated teeth are thicker (of course, some are thicker) and form a vertical shape with the leaves. The central leaf is the most important, the tip of the leaf is V-shaped, the edge leaf is well arched, the fish belly is shaped and has a good root, the leaf foot should be thin and hard, the white head can be seen on the new leaf, the new bud has white head, (there is red color under the white head), the white head is strong. The root is thin and round. it looks clean, and it is hard and tingling to touch the toes of the leaves, which is the most important thing to ignore. Those with many characteristics are those with plum petals, there must be 99 per cent no doubt, but there are only one or two features, and it is better not to throw them away easily, maybe there is a 60% probability! If there is something wrong, the original orchid friends will correct it.

Eight tips for choosing orchids

This formula is mainly applicable to the selection of spring orchid varieties, and then can be used as a reference for the selection of Sichuan spring sword varieties. Although other orchid species have different standards, they are more or less the same. All the hopeful grasses with certain cultivation value have common optimization characteristics, and each formula should be flexibly used in selection in order to seek its essence in the midst of thousands of changes.

First, the requirements for the orchid leaf: the leaf base (Bing) is hard, thin and upright; the middle section of the leaf is wide and thick, strong, powerful and supple, the tail is slightly drooping, the tail tip is blunt, round and hard, and the upper part is slightly warped. The leaf medium tissue sand halo is fine waxy and translucent, the leaf is grooved in a semicircle, the oil wax is slightly shiny, the feel is as slippery as jade, the whole leaf color is pure and single, and the color difference between the new and old leaves is small, with tender green for one, emerald green for two, followed by old green. The main vein of the leaf is bright, the lateral vein is shallow in and out, it seems to be hidden and dewy, the veinlets are long and reach the leaf tip, the leaf edge has obvious white or yellow virtual light edge, the leaf tip is white or yellow transparent, and the peak tip is above.

Second, the requirements for the grass foot shell: the grass foot shell is tall and upright, tight round and shaped like Bamao feet, the shell is many and short and wide round, and the tip of the shell is close to the grass bundle without inverted eight * (word). It doesn't hurt if the shell grows up and is sharp and thin and hard. The shell color must be bright and pure, accompanied by sand halo such as pearl powder or colorful halo, from the bottom up, from light to thick, and from the top to the top with snow peak, green peak, bright red or colorful peak. If the peak is inward-looking, the one who hooks up is higher. The shell will be bright, and the pulse and sand will be brighter.

Third, the requirements of the false scale ball: the false scale ball is large and round, white or emerald green crystal clear, such as water chestnut, Cigu head, garlic.

Fourth, the requirements of Langen: Langen should be smooth and plump, thick and thin should be straight, fine texture, white color. The spring orchid takes the thin circle as the top, and the spring sword takes the root thick and square as the top.

Fifth, the requirements for grass insects (buds): the first sprouting grass insects are shaped like Zhulian or the hemispheres are convex and round, and the tips of their bud protection membranes are as long as possible, so there must be good petal flowers. The changes of shell, vein and color of grass bud before leafing were light at first and then deep, and the flower color was more stable. For specific shell, pulse and color, please refer to these two tips.

Sixth, the requirements for flower insects (buds): after more than a month of unearthed buds, bulging and tight round flowers will produce more petal-shaped or exotic flowers. Bud shell pure or hemp talk, more than plain flowers or light-colored twist. When the color of bud shell is heavy and Masha is strong, there are more halos, colorful flowers and thick twists. Hand touch bud shell (bell), tight round and the upper half of the empty top flat, plum valve; bell such as olive fruit-shaped, out of the charge; beard shell tip white head or shell edge hanging different color wheel is expected. If the bud shape is strange and wrinkled, it is expected to be strange. Xusha halo is full of splendor and strong velvet, wrinkle, butterfly hope.

Seventh, the requirements for delicate (gorgeous) flowers: most delicate flowers come from light feet, and the color of the leaves is relatively light and consistent. Ye Cuiying, such as tender green shell, emerald green, white through emerald green, light white yellow through silver red shell, more delicate flowers with pure red, white, pink, turquoise and so on. Deep red shell, old silver red shell, yellow through purple red, turmeric shell through red veins, more delicate flowers such as tooth yellow, turmeric, gold and so on. Dark green hemp shell, dark purple hemp shell, sand halo thin, more dark green, purple hemp halo flowers. If there are all kinds of colors on the tip of the shell and around, it is expected to change the color of the flower.

Eighth, the requirements for hybrid variant orchids: orchid hybrids are prolific and varied, with obvious characteristics of mustache essence, such leaf veins are thick and soft, the leaves are bright, the leaves are crystal clear or gray and powdery, and the characteristics of hybrid variation are obvious. foot shell sand halo is spotted and moire!

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