The flower market is cold. Small potted flowers are very popular with white-collar workers. Big bonsai is unpopular.

The end of each year is the peak season of the flower market, but now the Fuzhou flower market is still "cold". Recently, the reporter visited the market and learned that the sales of large bonsai with higher prices were more than 50% lower than in previous years, and the business was extremely bleak. Merchants said that they often failed to sell a single bonsai in ten days and a half months. In comparison, small potted flowers are popular among many citizens, and sales and prices are rising against the trend.

Small potted flowers are very popular with white-collar workers

Nowadays, for home and office consumers, "personalized, fresh" small potted flowers have become a popular route, and large bonsai has become a thing of the past. But the small pot flower variety is novel, the design color is bright, but also can carry on the hydroponic culture, places in the indoor, the balcony is very convenient, but also has the effect of purifying the air.

Recently, the reporter visited the Cangshan Jian Xinqaban Flower Wholesale Market and found that there are many flower shops specializing in small potted flowers. They are about 10 cm ~ 50 cm in size, among which there are more than 50 varieties of succulent plants with prices ranging from 10 yuan to 30 yuan. "succulent plants like light, are resistant to drought and waterlogging, and the most suitable temperature for succulent growth is 15 ℃ ~ 28 ℃." Shop owner Ms. Chen, reticulate grass is also favored by many white-collar workers, divided into red and green reticulate, the price is 15 to 18 yuan, reticulated grass also has the effect of purifying the air.

The reporter found that in addition to succulent plants, micro-landscapes are also very popular. Micro-landscape is a new type of desktop potted plant which is planted together with bryophytes or ferns with a variety of small dolls. According to the florist, the micro-landscape has its own water seepage system, with waterproof layer and buffer layer in the container, fresh moss, background plants, decorated with decorative sand and stone, and finally handmade accessories. The price of micro-landscape is generally 50 yuan ~ 180 yuan.

"small green plants are generally bought by young 'office workers' and young parents with children." Mr. Lin, a wholesale merchant of banyan flowers, said that customers can choose styles in the store, they are responsible for making them, and customers who like to do it themselves can also DIY.

Few people ask about the big bonsai.

"since 2013, the bonsai market has been in the doldrums. Although prices have not fluctuated much, sales have dropped sharply and fewer people have given gifts." Mr. Weng of the Flower Federation of Fuzhou Horticultural Society told the reporter that according to the law, bonsai will sell better at the end of the year, but now the sales are very deserted.

Yesterday, the reporter saw in a large bonsai store in Jian Xinqaban Flower Wholesale Market that it was full of all kinds of large bonsai, and some shopkeepers were even sleeping during the day and could not see anyone buying it. "now the sales of flowers are deserted, and sometimes they can't sell a pot for a month." During the visit, the reporter heard the most sentence is "business is not good this year." Ms. Wang, a shopkeeper, said it was impossible to make a living by selling large bonsai. "because the price cannot come down, the current bonsai market is too expensive to buy and too cheap to sell. Coupled with the long period of bonsai cultivation, the cost continues unabated." Pointing to a pot of fragrant wood stump bonsai that is about 10 years old, she said that the psychological price of this bonsai should not be less than 5000 yuan, and the price is the main reason for the depression of the bonsai market.

In the interview, many bonsai operators believe that the general environment is the main reason for the continued depression of the bonsai market. The owner of a bonsai garden in Fuzhou said: "the continued depression of the bonsai market is related to the economic environment, sluggish consumption, and bonsai is not a consumer necessity, so very few people buy it."

The Spring Festival is approaching when small potted flowers are favored. Buying flowers and plants to dress up the home can set off the festive atmosphere. Let's go to the flower market at noon on January 6. At noon on January 6, the reporter came to the flower market in Hezhuangping and found that this year's Spring Festival flower market is dominated by household consumption. Large potted plants that were popular in previous years were also replaced by small and lovely potted plants. Festive and chic orchids, Phalaenopsis and cuckoos sell better. Guo Suihu, a lily operator in Hezhuangping: things like cuckoos, peonies and camellias are sold faster, and they will feel better if they take them back during the Spring Festival. They generally like to decorate their homes, and green plants like green roses absorb formaldehyde to purify the air. Guo Jinhu, a seller of Feifei flowers in Hezhuang Ping: flowering flowers sell better, and there is a festive picture during the festival. when customers come, they like to buy a few pots of flowering flowers and take them home. They look festive and prosperous, implying that the new year is prosperous and better and better. Flower operators told reporters that due to the small amount of flowers used by some enterprises, hotels, etc., in the past, high-end flowers have also taken the route of being close to the people and have been replaced into small flowerpots, and the annual tangerines, which are popular every year, have also been replaced with "small and fresh" shapes. These days, such as purple hyacinth, orange rose begonia, colorful tulips and some meaningful flowers are very popular with the public. Guo Suihu, a lily operator in Hezhuangping, said: in particular, he came back with some flowers with a better meaning, such as good luck, kumquat fruit, and fruitful kumquat fruit, and that rich tree was put at home with a beautiful name and a beautiful tree. The reporter learned that Hezhuangping Flower Market was only relocated from Jingjiawan last year, and many people do not know it yet. As the Lunar New year approaches, flower dealers also do some profit-making activities to attract customers to come and buy. Guo Jinhu, a seller of Feifei flowers in Hezhuangping: buy more, buy big ones and give small ones. I hope I can bring some good luck in the new year. I wish them better and better in the new year. I hope they work smoothly and in good health in the new year. Dendrobium candidum potted plant or flower market sales hot spot

After small potted flowers such as succulent plant (potted succulent plant), micro-rose (potted miniature rose) and green apple, potted Dendrobium flowers dominated by Dendrobium candidum are expected to become another bright spot in the small pot market from the end of 2015, taking the lead in entering the domestic mainstream markets such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, and a wave of consumption upsurge of potted Dendrobium is about to hit.

Dendrobium candidum, known as "earthly fairy grass", has been all the rage among high-end consumers in China because of its health functions such as nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs. Therefore, in the past three or four years, in Yunnan, Fujian and other places, the planting scale of Dendrobium candidum has expanded rapidly, and countless Dendrobium candidum growers, maple dou and other processing enterprises and seedling manufacturers have appeared in the country. According to incomplete statistics, the total area of medicinal Dendrobium (iron, purple) in the country is about 120000-130000 mu, of which Yunnan has the largest planting scale, accounting for 60% and 70% of the country. It has been planted from Pu'er and Banna in southern Yunnan to Baoshan Longling and Dali in western Yunnan, and even in Anning City and Yiliang County of Kunming in central Yunnan, as well as further northeast Yunnan, with a production area of 70,000 to 80,000 mu. However, since 2013, the market of Dendrobium candidum products has dropped sharply, and the price of fresh sticks has dropped to 150 yuan to 300 yuan per kilogram, only the highest price of 1x10. Product function transformation is imminent, "medicinal Dendrobium to pot ornamental flowers" has become one of the hot topics.

The characteristics of easy domestic cultivation and good appreciation of Dendrobium have laid the foundation for the development and application of potted Dendrobium. From an ornamental point of view, potted Dendrobium is placed on the courtyard balcony and office space, which is more elegant and beautiful than green orchid, which is comparable to the national orchid. Spring flowering is second only to other orchids, and the full pot of light yellow flowers is not only ornamental, but also desirable to drink, clear the liver and clear eyes, branches and leaves can be cut off at any time to soak water or as soup ingredients, can still play its medicinal health care function, ornamental, edible both.

"this year, the trial sale of our Dendrobium plant in Guangzhou has received a good response, and we are going to develop more product supply markets next year." Chen Meili, general manager of Anning Xingqi Company, said: "Dendrobium pots are easy to transport. We use the same cartons as Cymbidium, each of which can hold 14-16 pots." It is understood that in 2016, the total output of pots of Dendrobium candidum produced in Yunnan was more than 500000 pots, with nearly 10 production enterprises, including Yingmao, Anning Xingqi, Yilan, Yuhui, and Xinshengyuan, and so on. In the next two years, this type of producers will grow rapidly.

At present, Dendrobium candidum is still in the trial marketing stage, the consumer group is relatively small, the market is not very clear, 6.5 inch pots, 20 branches per pot, branch length 10 cm-30 cm products, the wholesale price of a single pot ranges from 20 yuan to 40 yuan, and the price of large potted products is about 60 yuan. The flowering period of these products is mainly concentrated before and after the Spring Festival, which lasts for about a month. When there is a flower, it can be viewed as a flower, and when there is no flower, it can be used as a green plant.