Chinese Orchid----------Wong Man Sing
Guolan ----------------Wong Man Sing
Also known as: Chinese cymbidium (Cymbidium goeringii Rchb. f. , Cymbidium ensifolium L. Sw. , Cymbidium faberi, Cymbidium Kanran Mak. , Cymbidium sinensis (Andr.) Willd. )
English name: Orehidaceae
Family: Orehidaceae
Country of origin: The Chinese cave fountain, forest dense place. Leaf: The leaf usual alternate growth, the leather nature, belt-shaped, the green, two row or the screw arrangement, hold the stem the leaf sheath, are named as the bud leaf. Bunch of leaves, are named a gun. Cymbidium goeringii Rochb. f. each bunches of most 7, the Cymbidium faberi are most 11.
Flower: The inflorescence goes against lives or the armpit lives, the raceme erectness or bends down hangs. Has the fragrance. The colored shape not really neat, the platoon becomes inside and outside two turns. The foreign ship 3 petals are the sepal, the shape are similar. In a turn 3 petals is a flower petal. Above in which the shape similar leaf ala, the popular name hold the heart. The bottom of one than the other two large, to lower volumes transferred, such as lips like. Called lip. Commonly known as tongue. Orchid's female stamen gathers the production columnarly, the named pistil column. Is named for the nose. The flowering season long, the different variety flowering season is different. The cymbidium goeringii Rochb. f. spring blossoms, the cymbidium ensifolium autumn blossoms.
Fruit: capsule, oblong.
Feature: wide fork orchid is refers to the orchidaceae plants, including Guolan and cattleya. Guolan refers a kind of flower small color, shallow, changed little, leaf form beauty, fragrant. Our country production. Such as Cymbidium goeringii Rochb. f. , Cymbidium ensifolium(L).Sw. , Cymbidium faberi, Cymbidium Kanran Mak. , Cymbidium sinensis (Andr.) Willd. . Orchid clear brilliant including charming fragrance overflowing, “incense" the reputation of the best in the world. Through the ages, a people orchid, the plum, the bamboo, the chrysanthemum are “four gentlemen”.Regards loyally blue for the saint, happy, the noble and pure symbol. Writers and poets good article method called Lan Zhang. Really clean friendship called "Lan Yi ". Deed to friend called Jinlan sworn. The ancient and modern celebrity chants the orchid poetry. To the Southern Song the poet Liu Kezhuang the Septasyllabic "Orchid” the most exciting. Orchids are the ground orchid stems short, the majority of changes to the shortening of the chain bulbs, roots fleshy stems milky white, the storage of nutrients and moisture. Orchid is a traditional Chinese garden flowers, quiet flavor, and color and refined. Generally on display in the living room, meeting rooms, halls, very elegant. I had the honor to represent Hong Kong at the 2011 21st China ( Kunming Pan Asia ) Orchid Exposition display venue orchids , all photographed to share with everyone .
Cultivation: hi shading 70-80 %, temperature 20 ° C to -30 ° C, air humidity 70-80 %, and well-ventilated place. Including humus rich slight acidity soil.
Propagation: Division propagation.