Huang Faxiang, the "Prince of Orchids" in the East, built a new orchid base to let villagers take shares on the road to prosperity.

Huang Faxiang observed the growth of "Moshi orchid" at the base.

"to treat them, you should take good care of them as carefully as your lover, and there is no room for carelessness." Although he is already a very well-known orchid connoisseur in the local area, enjoying the reputation of "prince of orchids", and the development of the cooperative he operates is also booming, the 34-year-old Huang Faxiang still maintains the humility at the beginning of his business, except going out to investigate and study. He spends most of his time "staying" in the cooperative, working with workers to water and fertilize the orchids, and take good care of each orchid.

With his excellent orchid planting skills and constant exploration and exploration in the cultivation of orchid varieties, Huang Faxiang fulfilled his promise to let the villagers who joined the cooperative embark on the road of getting rich. However, Huang Faxiang is not satisfied with this. He is now planning another big event: a new orchid base in Baoshang Village, Gancheng Town, Dongfang City. He said that the new orchid base will allow more villagers to buy shares and put them on the road to becoming rich.

The newly built orchid base should lead more villagers to become rich.

Out of the eastern urban area, the coastal Yu west line drives to the Tongtian branch of the island west forest farm, and then enters by a side path, and then comes to the professional cooperative of Canaan orchid farmers in Dongfang City. Huang Faxiang is the director of the cooperative, which covers an area of 25 acres and collects more than a thousand varieties of orchids.

Huang Fa-hsiang takes the co-operative as his home. Except for going out to study, he eats and sleeps almost all here. When he wakes up early in the morning, he will run to the base for several laps. Only when he sees the orchid growing well with his own eyes can he rest assured. Workers find that recently, Huang Faxiang has spent much less time in the co-op than in the past. After inquiring, Huang Faxiang was originally busy with the new orchid base that will be put into production in two months' time.

"many villagers have already bought shares in the orchid base to be built soon, and we are also striving for more villagers to join us. This is not just a matter for me or the co-operative, it is related to the future income of the villagers who join the society, and we must pay special attention to it. " Huang Faxiang said.

According to Huang Faxiang, the new orchid planting base is located in Baoshang Village, Gancheng Town, covering an area of 70 mu, with an investment of 7 million yuan, and is expected to be put into production in June this year.

"at that time, we will provide the villagers with protection in orchid planting technology, chemical fertilizers, pesticides and marketing. when the base has a profit, we will share the dividend with the villagers." Huang Fa-hsiang said that the reason why he is very confident in this "peasant household + cooperative" model is mainly based on the current market situation in which orchids are in short supply. "at present, orchids in Canaan cooperatives are basically grown by order, so there is no need to worry about the prospect of the new orchid base."

Huang Faxiang also revealed that in addition to the orchid base that is about to be built and put into production, he is also working hard to expand the orchid base to more townships in the city, attracting more villagers to buy shares, so that villagers can get rich through orchids.

The frustrations of starting a business made him more grateful.

Huang Faxiang is a native of Baoshang Village, Gancheng Town, Dongfang City, an entrepreneur who goes out from the countryside. With the spirit of being steadfast and willing to work, not afraid of hardships and concentrating on research, this rural child who did not graduate from junior high school finally became a well-known local orchid expert.

Huang Faxiang's family was relatively poor when he was a child. After dropping out of school, he worked with a boss who ran a horticultural business. During this period, he not only came into contact with the orchids that would change his life in the future, but also really experienced the warm concern of his elders.

"I can't achieve what I am today without those who have helped me on my way of growing up. I hope to try my best to help more villagers who are living in difficulties." Huang Faxiang said that he had lived for two years in Tuoya Village, Tian'an Township, where he had the privilege of coming into contact with orchids for the first time and was deeply attracted by the beauty of orchids. Since then, he has secretly made up his mind to work related to orchids in the future. So, apart from picking orchids on the mountain, he also bought relevant books to read and taught himself the skills of orchid cultivation. In those two years, the enthusiastic villagers relieved him of his worries and enabled him to concentrate on the cultivation of orchids.

Leaving Tuoya Village, Huang Faxiang went to Haikou alone and opened an orchid shop near the East Lake. During this period, he had the privilege of getting to know his predecessors with high attainments in orchids and received help. in order to pursue greater development in orchids, Huang Faxiang finally decided to return to his hometown and start his own business again from orchid cultivation.

The unique climatic conditions of the East are very suitable for the growth of orchids. Thanks to Huang Faxiang's efforts, his relatives and friends freed him 200 square meters of land to grow orchids.

"because of the lack of funds, I encountered the problem of not having the money to buy seedlings many times at the beginning of my business." Like many entrepreneurs, difficulties often follow, but Huang Faxiang did not give up, he finally persevered and expanded the orchid planting scale from 200 square meters to 25 mu.

After 17 years of painstaking management and research, the orchid varieties cultivated by the Canaan cooperative are now popular in markets inside and outside the island, and some merchants even place orders a year in advance, and some tourists even come to visit.

Huang Faxiang is observing the growth of "air pineapple".

Unite as one to achieve the brilliance of the cooperative

From 2000 to 2012, Huang Faxiang's footprints covered the deep mountains, old forests and famous mountains and rivers of cities and counties in the province, such as Wuzhishan, Jianfengling, Limu Mountain, Diaoluo Mountain, Dongshanling, etc., and established a tropical orchid species nursery to collect and preserve thousands of orchid species at home and abroad.

The "Oriental Hongxia" orchid variety cultivated by the Canaan Cooperative has been patented internationally. In addition, 10 orchid varieties are being patented by the Canaan Cooperative.

At the Canaan cooperative base, a new face has recently emerged: air pineapple. "this is another new variety of flowers and plants introduced by our cooperative in addition to orchids. You can hang the rope directly in mid-air. You only need to pour some water on weekdays, and you don't need to spend energy on maintenance." The market situation of air pineapple is very good, and Huang Fa-hsiang plans to plant hundreds of thousands of dollars in Canaan cooperatives this year.

The orchids cultivated by Canaan cooperatives are popular. Huang Faxiang said confidently that this is the result of their continuous innovation to meet the needs of the market. For example, such as Autumn Dendrobium, Cartland, Flame Orchid, Moshi Orchid and Dendrobium candidum are the main varieties of orchids in Canaan cooperatives. Among them, the annual order of Dendrobium candidum even reached four or five million yuan. Today, Canaan cooperatives have made great progress on the orchid road, and have become a business card of orchid cultivation in the East.

In fact, Canaan cooperatives have encountered many ups and downs in the process of development. At the beginning of his business, in order to open up the market, Huang Faxiang often took samples of orchids to flower markets all over the country to promote them. At first, he was not favored by customers. Huang Fexiang had an idea and decided to provide orchids for merchants to sell, and then collect the payment after they were sold out. Unexpectedly, this method was really effective, and coupled with the good varieties of orchids, Canaan cooperatives slowly opened up the market.