What are the main species of Chinese orchids? general knowledge of flower cultivation

There are 15000 species of orchids belonging to 500 genera, which are widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions all over the world. There are about 1000 species belonging to 150 genera in China, especially in southwest China and Taiwan.

The traditional cultivated terrestrial orchids in China are collectively referred to as "Chinese orchids". The flowering time can be divided into four categories: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Although some orchids are very fragrant, the scape is too short to show fragrance; some flowers are not fragrant, and there are mainly seven better varieties:

① Chunlan: mainly produced in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The leaf is thin and curved, the scape is simple, and the vernalization condition must be less than 10 ℃ before flowering.

② Cymbidium: also known as Jiuzilan, Jiujie Orchid, Xialan. The leaves are thin and slender. The humidity of the air is highly required. Management is more complicated than Chunlan. Mainly produced in Zhejiang, Jiangsu and other provinces. It is the most suitable for cultivation in subtropical areas.

③ spring arrow orchid: also known as Bamao orchid, cattle grass orchid. The leaves are chic and unrestrained, with light yellowish green flowers, with a height of 20 cm and 35 cm, with 3 flowers and 7 flowers, with many colors and good aroma. Produced in Jinsha River, Dadu River, Minjiang River Basin.

④ Jian Lan: some places of Jianlan are called Autumn Orchid, Siji Orchid, Arrow Cymbidium, male Orchid, Swordleaf Orchid, Xia Huilan, Junhe Orchid and so on. There are 5 to 9 flowers, some as high as 18, most of them are light yellow, with a diameter of 4 to 6 centimeters and rich fragrance. Easy to manage, large flowering, mainly produced in Fujian.

⑤: mainly produced in northern Yunnan and southern Sichuan. The flowering period is from December to March of the following year, with 3-5 flowers, 4-6 cm in diameter, white, red, yellow, green or veined. The lips are turned over and the flowers have a delicate fragrance.

⑥ Hanlan: there are more than 10 flowers with a delicate fragrance. The flower diameter is more than 8 cm, and the maximum flower diameter is 16 cm. The petals are short and wide, and the lips are large and long. The flowers are rich and colorful.

⑦ ink orchid: the color of the flower is brownish purple, similar to ink. Flowering period during the Spring Festival, so also known as New year Orchid, Fengxian Orchid, Happy Orchid, wide and glossy leaves, spectacular plant state. But the ink orchid is not hardy, and the flowers are sweet.

Among the seven species of orchids, all kinds of orchids have dwarf species, strange leaves, strange flowers, petaloid flowers, butterfly flowers, heteromorphic flowers, polychromatic flowers, vegetarian flowers, colorful flowers and other small categories.

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