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What does orchid grass look like?

Rhizomes:

Perennial herbs.

Rhizomes can be divided into thicker upright rhizomes and slender transverse rhizomes. The upright rhizomes are oblate with many short internodes, brown, and transverse. The walking stems have long internodes and are yellowish white; fibrous roots are born on the nodes of the rhizome and have many branches.

Leaves:

The leaves are basal, dark green, shiny, reddish purple near the ground, sword-shaped, 25-60 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, with a tapered top. No obvious midrib.

Flowers:

The flower stems are upright, higher than the leaves, with terminal sparse racemes, 5-12 branches, equal to or slightly longer than the bracts; bracts Leaves, 3-5, broadly lanceolate or oval

Seeds:

Capsule oval-cylindrical, 2.5-3 cm long, 1.2-1.5 cm in diameter, The top is slightly pointed, the base is blunt, there is no beak, 6 longitudinal ribs are obvious, and they crack from the top to the middle when mature; the seeds are dark brown, regular polyhedrons with no appendages.

Extended information:

Plant culture:

Orchid is the crystallization of thousands of years of Chinese history and culture and a symbol of the spirit and wisdom of the Chinese nation.

From the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, more than two thousand years of history have made Chinese orchids play an important role in the world's flower industry.

Especially at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of this century, the development of China's orchid grass industry experienced unprecedented prosperity.

The Chinese orchid grass brand is also highly respected in the world's flower industry.

Among the many flower varieties around the world, Chinese orchids have become a hot spot favored and collected by dignitaries, superstars and wealthy individuals around the world.

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