Chicken claw orchid caviar orchid plant orchid

Scientific name: Chloranthusspicatus (Thunb.) Makino

Family and genus: Orchidaceae

Morphological features:

Because its flowers are like millet beads and roe, and its inflorescences are like chicken feet, it is named as the evergreen trailing shrub of Magnoliaceae.

Leaves opposite, basically simple leaf gap node, midrib often double vascular bundle, petiole base often connate, with small stipules. Flowers small, bisexual or unisexual, without perianth.

Early flowering period in late May, the flower is granular, shaped like roe. The florescence is longer, about 3 months.

The fragrance is elegant, mellow and durable, quite like orchids, and the strong fragrance is better than orchids. It is a famous ornamental flower.

There are about 70 species in 5 genera.

Place of origin:

Native to the subtropics, Yunnan, Fujian and other places have wild forests.

There are 17 species belonging to 3 genera in China, most of which are distributed in the provinces south of the Yangtze River, especially in the southwest.

Growth habits:

Chicken claw orchid likes high temperature and humid environmental conditions and avoids frost and snow freezing. It is planted in pots in the Yangtze River basin and moves into the greenhouse in winter.

Cymbidium is an evergreen plant, and its leaves continue to photosynthesis in winter, so it provides sufficient light in winter, which has a certain effect on the growth and development of the plant in the second year. For this reason, it should be put in a sunny place indoors.

Afraid of direct sunlight, summer should have shading equipment, like the environment of ventilation and ventilation, and require better soil drainage, otherwise the fleshy root is easy to rot. After Pearl Orchid leaves the house in spring, we should pay attention to the management of water and fertilizer. The temperature is not too high at the beginning of spring, so you can water it at noon every day. Water should be watered in the morning and evening in summer. When the climate turns cool in autumn, it can be watered once every 3 days.

Attention should be paid to timely fertilization to make the magnolia more fragrant. Fertilizer can be used with rotten cake fertilizer or human feces. Apply once after leaving the house in spring, once in summer during plum rain, once in autumn, and again after cutting seedlings in autumn.

The application of dilute fertilizer and water made of rotten fish, bones and other things during flowering will improve the aroma of the flowers. The stem branch of Magnolia is vine-like because of its weakness, and it is easy to grow and lodge if it is allowed to grow. Therefore, it is necessary to pick more hearts from the seedlings and set up pillars, which can promote more branches at the same time. Old leaves should also be removed frequently, and withered and weak branches must be cut off after autumn.

Application value:

Cymbidium plants have good medicinal value, for example, many species of Cymbidium have the functions of antibacterial and anti-inflammation, promoting blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, detoxification and detumescence, dampness and cold, etc., and can be used to treat a variety of diseases. The whole herb of grass coral is used as medicine, which contains fumaric acid, succinic acid, volatile oil, tannin, coumarone, flavonoid glycosides, nitrile glycosides and so on.

It has the functions of heat-clearing and detoxification, menstrual bone connection, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. it is also used to treat cancer in recent years.

Some kinds of rhizomes can extract aromatic oil, and some are garden ornamental plants.

Flowers yellowish green, extremely fragrant, non-toxic; flowers added to tea, can increase flavor, known as Zhulan tea; can also extract perfume raw materials.

Source of drugs:

Chloranthusspicatus (Thunb.) Makino, a plant of the genus Cymbidium of the family Chimonopodiaceae, was used as medicine. Collect in summer, wash the slices and dry them.

The classics of nature and taste: pungent, sweet, slightly astringent, warm.

Functional indications:

Dispel rheumatism and connect muscles and bones. For colds, rheumatic arthralgia, falls and injuries.

Usage: 0.5: 1 taels.

Excerpt: national Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine