Hi, dear, I'll share with you the wonderland I discovered!
What do you think? Is it reminiscent of Avatar, or where Miss Alice went?
That's right, it's hidden right under your nose, in our Panlong area.
Reveal it, in the orchid hall of Kunming Botanical Garden.
Somewhat like Alice's experience, I also walked through the place where the flowers bloomed and found it here.
Why are the photos of the orchid house all fairy fluttering? This is to simulate the living environment of wild orchids, and orchid houses must spray frequently.
The pink elves in the fairyland you just saw are actually the "jade girl" in the hoodland, the sclerophyll phiopedilum micranthum, also known as the "silver purse".
And there is always a "golden boy" next to the "jade girl". His name is Apricot Orchid Papipedilum armeniacum.
More than 30 years ago, an apricot yellow orchid was found in the Nu River, and after several exhibitions and media exposure, the price of the apricot yellow orchid was speculated to 8,000 US dollars at that time!
After that, it triggered the over-mining of wild orchids and became endangered. Therefore, Tulan is also known as the giant panda of the plant kingdom.
Fortunately, the Zhang Shibao research team of the Kunming Institute of Botany has carefully cultivated, and now the Orchid has exceeded more than 100 strains (including native species).
This purple flower is called the yoke orchid Zygopetalum maculatum. It is named because it has a ring-like bulge at the base of its lip flap, which looks like a splint (i.e. yoke).
The yoke orchid is a tropical orchid centered in Brazil and distributed in Venezuela, Paraguay and other regions. There are about 40 species in the world. Its inflorescence is large and beautiful, with a brilliant color, and is a very good ornamental flower.
Among the orchids abundant in South America, the yoke orchid is also a leader, and it is easy to cultivate, and has been cultivated in large quantities as a commercial cut flower.
This is the elegant Dendrobium dendrobium nobile, named because it looks like the hairpin on the head of an ancient beauty.
It is dendrobium cariniferum, which grows on tree trunks in montane forests at altitudes of 1100-1700 m. It is found in China, northeast India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. Has a high horticultural value.
This is dendrobium dendrobium chrysotoxum, which can flower for up to 3-5 months. It grows at altitudes of 520–1620 m, in sunny evergreen broad-leaved forests on tree trunks or on rocks under sparse forests. It is found in China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.
I prefer this alpine dendrobium infundibulum, like an empty valley orchid. When I first saw it, I thought I had bumped into a fairy.
Dendrobium alpine grows on tree trunks in dense forests at an altitude of about 2,000 meters. We have a distribution in Mengla and Jinghong in Yunnan.
This is dendrobium goldschmidtianum, considered "strong in character and loyal and amiable", and is often dedicated to her beloved chief. On June 19 every year, dendrobium is given to the father, which is called the "Flower of Father's Day".
Dendrobium safflower has a floral language of "welcome, dear", and can be made into a corsage with gerbera, eucalyptus, or paired with silk caryophyllus and aspergi, and worn on the chest. Means "Welcome".
Why do you see so many dendrobiums in the Orchid House? Because Dendrobium is the second largest genus in the Orchidaceae family. The Orchid Pavilion of Kunming Botanical Garden has more than 600 species of orchids, including more than 400 species of Dendrobium.
Dendrobium officinale is mainly found in tropical and subtropical Asia, Australia and the Pacific Islands. There are about 1,000 species of dendrobium worldwide. There are about 76 species in China, most of which are distributed in southwest China, south China, Taiwan and other places.
Source: Panlong District Culture and Tourism Bureau