Why are orchids called "gentlemen in flowers"?

Orchid is a famous traditional flower in China, which is famous for its fragrance. Orchid is a monocotyledonous plant of Orchidaceae and a perennial herb. 20 ~ 40 cm high and long cylindrical roots. Leaves clustered from stems, linear-lanceolate, slightly leathery, 2-3 pieces in a bunch. Orchids have their unique leaves, flowers and fragrance, giving people a very clean and elegant image. Celebrities in ancient and modern times spoke highly of this and were called "gentlemen in flowers". In ancient times, scholars generally called beautiful words "Zhang Lan", the truth of friendship "Lan Jiao" and good friends "Michelle". Orchidaceae is a large family, including more than 35,000 species of 750 genera and more than 70 species of Orchidaceae.

Ecological characteristics of orchids

Orchids belong to Orchidaceae and are perennial herbs. Its roots are fleshy, hairless and have bacteria. Pseudobulb, commonly known as Reuters, is covered with leaf sheaths. Many pseudobulb are often connected and exist in rows at the same time. Leaves are linear or sword-shaped, leathery, erect or drooping, flowers are solitary or in racemes, and many bracts are attached to pedicels. Flowers are bisexual and fragrant. Corolla consists of 3 sepals, 3 petals and pistil. 1 The middle sepal is called the main petal. The next two pieces are attached valves, and the extension of the attached valves is called home. The upper two petals are upright, fleshy and curled inward at the top, commonly known as hugs. The lower part 1 is a big lip, commonly known as Sun Lan. When it matures, it will turn brown, and the seeds inside are small and powdery.

Cymbidium hybridum and Cymbidium hybridum can be divided into four kinds according to the shape and texture of their petals: plum petals, narcissus petals, lotus petals, butterfly petals, exotic species and vegetarian heart. The sepals of plum blossom petals are short and round, with thick pulp, slightly bent inward, narrow base, fleshy and plump petals, short and hard lips and slightly upward flowers. The famous varieties are Song Mei, XiShen and America. Narcissus petals are sepals slightly longer than plum petals, with tapered tips, thick petals, pocket-shaped tips and slightly drooping lips or rolled back. Famous species include Wang Zi and Cui Yipin. Tea petals are wide sepals, thick, narrow at the base and wide and sharp at the top. Put the petals in your pocket and your lips are moist and slightly curly. Famous varieties include Dafugui and Cuigaihua. Butterfly petals are the inside of two downward sepals, which become thick and wavy with red patches. Sometimes, the number of whole sepals or petals suddenly increases (such as Lv Yun, the corolla is usually around 8), or the flower shape has special changes. Su Xin is the same color as perianth, stem and bud, pure green, yellow-green and so on. , no mottled green, yellow-green and so on. No mottled markings. Precious varieties are Zhang and Lao Wentuan Su.

Lan likes negativity and should try to avoid direct sunlight. Like wet, don't like dry; I like sandy loam, which is fertile, rich in humus, well drained, slightly acidic and suitable for air circulation.

Geographical distribution of orchids

Most species of orchids are native to China, so they are also called China orchids, ranking first among the top ten famous flowers in China. Orchids in China are mainly divided into five categories: Cymbidium hybridum, Cymbidium hybridum, Cymbidium hybridum and Cymbidium hybridum, and there are thousands of horticultural varieties. The 10 Asia-Pacific Orchid Conference opened in Chongqing, China. Here, a lotus named "Suguan Heding" was valued at150,000 yuan, becoming the "sky-high" orchid at this orchid conference. The Orchid Congress awarded two special gold medals, namely the neutrino Jasper Orchid "Dragon Robe" selected by the Organizing Committee of Nagoya International Orchid Congress and the Lotus Orchid "Suguan Heding" selected by Dangshan County, Dali, Yunnan, China. According to reports, the award-winning lotus orchid "Suguan Heding" is the orchid garden treasure in Dangshan area of Dali, Yunnan Province, China. Someone offered120,000 yuan, but they couldn't buy it. The orchid was appraised at150,000 yuan. The lotus orchid "Su Guan He Ding" has a very beautiful posture.

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China is a big producer of orchids, and Yifeng County of Jiangxi Province is also a big producer of orchids. China is rich in orchid resources, including Cymbidium, Cymbidium hybridum, Cymbidium hybridum and Cymbidium hybridum, especially Cymbidium hybridum, which enjoys a high reputation throughout the country. In recent years, orchid cultivation and breeding in Tanshan, Tianbao and other places in this county have developed rapidly, and a number of large orchids such as Heping Orchid Garden and Baiyi Orchid Garden have appeared, and the orchid industry has begun to take shape. In order to guide and support the orchid industry to become bigger and stronger and form a scale, the Orchid Association of this county carefully organized You Lan to participate in the second China Hanlan (Chongqing) Expo. In this exhibition, the county won three awards. Yang Heping, a big orchid family in this county, presented the "God Cat" with a special gold medal, "Down the Mountain Chunlan Line Art" with a silver medal, and "Side Butterfly" with a bronze medal.

Orchid collection

There are different kinds of hemigenus plants in most provinces and regions of China. Generally speaking, terrestrial orchids are mostly born in temperate and subtropical regions; Epigenetic Landau was born in tropical and subtropical regions. Collecting wild orchids in the mountains is of great significance for discovering new varieties and selecting excellent hybrid parents. In the process of collection, we should consider the choice of flowering period, the improvement of survival rate, the local climate and the humidity of the local orchid soil. Growing environments vary from place to place. At the same time, we should pay attention to safety and fire prevention, do not go into the restricted area by mistake, and keep records of excavation and excavation. In the process of orchid breeding and management, the price of orchids was once abnormally high due to the crazy speculation of some novel orchid varieties by orchid merchants, and "sky-high orchids" appeared constantly. Driven by huge economic benefits, there has been a large-scale destructive collection of wild orchid resources, and many wild orchids have been greatly destroyed. To this end, the state has taken protective measures such as setting up protected areas, establishing species protection levels, improving legislation on wild resources, and severely punishing illegal collectors. From the perspective of long-term effective utilization of orchid resources, respecting and advocating environmental protection, orchid friends should establish a scientific, reasonable, environmental-friendly and law-abiding awareness of orchid collection. Orchids are the city flowers of Guiyang and Zhejiang respectively.

China orchid

Orchids are world-famous flowers, and every country has orchids that symbolize the country. China orchids in Asia are Cymbidium hybridum, Oceania and Africa are mostly Phalaenopsis, Bandaran in Singapore, Lily of the Valley in Finland, Lily of the Valley in Yugoslavia, Seychelles-Anchovy, Zimbabwe-Garland, and South American countries are designated as national orchids: Cartland in Brazil and Cartland in Costa Rica. Ecuador and Guatemala are orchids of Licatlan, Colombian Catland and Ecuador.

Cymbidium in China refers to a part of orchid species. This orchid has small pseudobulbs, linear leaves and fleshy roots. Cymbidium hybridum with erect stems and many 1 ~ 10 flowers. Flowers are small and fragrant, usually light green with purple spots. The morphology and flowering period of leaves and flowers of different species are very different. South and southwest of Qinling Mountains. Orchids have been cultivated in China for at least 1000 years. Since ancient times, people have regarded orchids as noble, elegant, patriotic and unyielding symbols, thus forming a rich orchid culture in China.

Orchids can be cultivated by branching, sowing or organizing. Humus soil potted plants require good ventilation and drainage; Like semi-cloudy and semi-humid environment, the overwintering temperature of Chinese cymbidium and Chinese cymbidium is about 65438 00℃, and the rest is about 5℃. Today's China orchids were called "Hui" in ancient times. Just as Huang Tingjian (1045 ~ 1 105) described orchids in Youfangge: "Those who are full of flowers are orchids, and those who are full of flowers are not fragrant enough."

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There are many varieties of orchids, almost every orchid has its own flower language, but the overall flower language is indifferent and elegant. Several famous orchids are the following flower language.

Violet: Eternal Beauty

Freesia: Innocent

A lady

Phalaenopsis: Happiness is coming.

Oncidium: Hidden Love

Gladiolus: Elegance, Longevity and Corning

The flower language of orchids: indifferent and elegant

The value of orchids

The value of orchids is mainly reflected in the rarity of varieties and the difficulty of cultivation. There are more than 800 species of orchids, but some species are rare and some species need time to cultivate. In addition, it is ornamental value, just like antiques, jade, strange stones and so on. How useful do you think it is But they are all expensive because they are rare, rare, have a long history and have certain cultural connotations. Orchids have two values. One is ornamental value. The more exotic orchids are, the higher the price is. For example, Paphiopedilum glabra found in Vietnam is extremely precious because its pattern is like a round pocket and only one insect pollinates it. In less than a year or two, the paphiopedilum there was ignited; Second, because of its medicinal value, most wild orchids have medicinal value. In the west, there is no market for orchids. Only in China and China are orchids valued, so the price of orchids is also a matter of words. In a word, in our country, Lan is known as a "gentleman in flowers" and is loved by most people.