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The Flower of the Ghost-- Crystal Orchid

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, Crystal orchid is a perennial herbaceous saprophyte of the family pyrola. Stem erect, unbranched, up to 30 cm tall, chlorophyll-free, white, fleshy, leaves alternate, oblong or narrowly oblong or broadly lanceolate, apex obtuse.

Crystal orchid is wintergreen, crystal orchid is perennial herbs saprotic plants. Stems erect, unbranched, up to 30 cm tall, entire plant chlorophyllless, white, fleshy, leaves alternate, oblong or narrowly orbicular or broadly lanceolate, apex obtuse, glabrous or upper leaves slightly hairy, margin subentire. Flowers terminal, pendulous, erect, corolla tube-campanulate, bracts scalelike, isomorphic to leaves; sepals scalelike, cuneate or obovate-oblong, filaments hirsute, anthers yellow; capsule ellipsoid, flowering August-September; fruiting September-November.

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Distribution in China Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Zhejiang, Anhui, Taiwan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Xizang and other provinces and regions. It is also distributed in the Soviet Union, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and North America. It is located at an altitude of 800-3850 meters.

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This plant gives off attractive white light in dark places and is an attractive plant to stop and admire.

Crystal orchids get their organic nutrients entirely from the soil. The entire epidermis of the crystal orchid root is covered with dense mycelium of some fungus, and the mycelium is 1-2 times thicker than the epidermis itself. The tips of the small roots are in the fungal sheath, and the hyphae alone or in bundles are separated from the fungal sheath on all sides, which is different from parasitic fungi, because the hyphae of the latter are only on the surface of the root and do not invade the root tissue. Obviously, crystal orchid is undertaken by the hyphae to provide nutrition tasks, hyphae in the physiological replacement of crystal orchid root hair role.

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In nature, crystal orchid is not a rare "ghost", as long as you know its habits, choose a good place and time, everyone can see its fragrance. The best season to watch crystal orchids is generally around mid-April in the south and slightly later in the north. Crystal orchids seen during this period are the most perfect. Too early, the crystal orchid has not yet sprouted; too late, the crystal orchid due to gradual aging, brown spots will appear on the body, you can not appreciate its clear, dreamlike beauty. Out of the mud and not stained, refers to the lotus, but in the rotten soil without a green leaf, can grow lovely white flowers, that non-crystal orchid belongs to.

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