Cultivation techniques of Cymbidium chinense

Qilixiang is born in the foothills of low elevations, with a height of about 1 to 4 meters. Dense branches and leaves are the most common hedge plants, symbolized by odd-pinnate compound leaves, Obovate or ovate-oval. There is a strong floral flavor, flowering in summer and autumn. The fruit will bear fruit after flowering, the fruit is ovate or oval, and the fruit is green at the beginning and red after ripening. The breeding time is the most suitable for spring and autumn, and can be softened with a practical stick of ripe fruit to separate the pulp. Rinse with clean water to let him drop the remaining seeds and dry them in the shade. The cultivation focus is the fertile sandy loam, and the sunshine must be full of branches and leaves to flourish. During the growth period, one natural organic fertilizer or chemical fertilizer is applied every season. Spring is the suitable period for pruning and shaping of hedgerows, and branches and leaves can be pruned at any time if they grow too fast. Qilixiang likes hot and humid weather, with a temperature of about 22 degrees Celsius.

Qi Li Xiang is wood incense, also known as "wood incense vine".

Wood incense is a traditional excellent climbing plant, especially the strong flower fragrance is loved by people. It is a semi-evergreen climbing shrub of Rosaceae with reddish-brown bark. The "wood incense" used in traditional Chinese medicine is a herbaceous plant of Compositae, not this species.

Wood fragrant flowers white or light yellow, fragrant, there are single, double, small flowers are very common, large flowers are rare, more expensive. The flower diameter is 1.5 to 2.5 cm, blooming from late spring to early summer, white as fragrant snow and yellow as brocade. The fruit period is from September to October, and the fruit is nearly spherical and red.

Wood incense grows rapidly, extensive management, like the sun, suitable for the leeward to the sun, avoid wet stagnant water, requires good drainage, deep and fertile sandy soil. Relatively cold-resistant, strong sprouting power, resistant to pruning and shaping, at the initial stage of planting, it is necessary to control the new branches germinated at the base and promote the growth of the main vine. Select the main vine, should be according to the size of the support, too much appears crowded, generally 3 to 4 branches can. Branches should not be staggered, slender branches, can be woven into various shapes, appropriate traction and binding, so that it is attached to the support. Most of the plants are transplanted in spring in the north and in autumn in the south. Root cutting treatment should be carried out before transplanting to promote roots and re-cut branches to promote multiple lateral branches.

Wood incense can be widely used in scaffolding, checkered walls, hedges and walls as vertical greening, can also be planted beside rockery, wall or grass edge, and can be used as hairpin flowers, flap flowers, cut flowers. In management, it should be noted that the wood incense used for climbing only needs to cut the withered branches, thin and weak branches and disease and insect branches; as for the wood incense used in the flower hedge, after the flowers fade, the residual flowers and some branches should be cut off. The flower can extract the aromatic oil, the fruit can make wine, and the root can be used as medicine.