The four precepts of Pei Lan and the essentials of Twelve words

In the history of orchid cultivation for more than a thousand years, the Chinese people have accumulated rich experience in orchid cultivation, and some of them are even "secrets". For example, the "Pei Lan four precepts" summarized by Gao Qian in the Ming Dynasty is the crystallization of wisdom. it has been loved and inherited by the people of all dynasties. (http://www.dfac.cc, China Orchid Network)

Gao Qian first published the secret of Peilan, that is, the "four precepts of Pei Lan."

Yijie: if you don't get out of spring, you should avoid the wind and snow in spring.

Orchids like to be moist, windy and dry in spring, and the temperature is sometimes high and sometimes low. in order to avoid being damaged by the cold wind, orchids are not in a hurry to leave the room in spring and should be maintained in a half-light place indoors.

Two precepts: the summer day to avoid the sun's sales Shuo.

Orchids like shade, cool, avoid direct sunlight, especially afraid of hot sun exposure. Therefore, it is necessary to cultivate in a cool and well-ventilated semi-shade place in summer. The shade tolerance of orchids was the highest, followed by Jian Lan, while Cymbidium and Cymbidium needed more sunlight.

Three precepts: if you don't dry in autumn, you should often water it.

Most orchids, autumn is the bud period, (China Orchid Network http://www.dfac.cc) most like the moist and cool environment, if the potted soil or air is dry, it is not conducive to its growth and development, the leaves are easy to wither and yellow, but also easy to drop flowers and buds, and affect the next year's flowering.

Four precepts: in the place where it is not wet to hide in winter, it is inappropriate to see water turn into ice.

Orchids are dormant in winter and need to be watered moderately. It is generally appropriate to keep the pot soil dry and wet. If overwatered, the root will rot easily.

Later generations found his experience of Peilan easy to understand and practical, so it was condensed into "spring does not come out, summer does not come out, autumn is not dry, and winter is not wet." it has been passed on to this day.

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