Speaking of the name of jade begonia, many people can not be clear, and think that it is the name of the begonia flower, in fact, it is the name of a spring sword plum petal. Let's talk about the origin of this flower in detail.
Jade begonia belongs to the spring sword plum petal, descended the mountain in Tongjiang County, Sichuan, and was later introduced and cultivated by the Lan family surnamed Zhou and named. The leaves are tall, about 1.2 cm wide, 40 to 60 cm high, the buds are green in color, the edges of the leaves are very serrated, and the tip of the leaf belongs to the shield tip, often with crystals. The height of the flower sword is about 30 to 400 cm, with 2 to 5 flowers, and when there is also a flower, the flowers generally open to the sky, the outer three petals are almost round, the tip and angle are very standard, the petals are thick and sticky, and the emerald green ribs on the petals are very obvious. After a long time, the flap is prone to grooves on both sides, and the edges are sometimes covered with pink overlying wheels, and the flap is upright without opening the skylight, and the nose is tightly held. The tongue is short and has irregular dark red spots, and the spots are scattered. The diameter of the flower is usually about 4.5 cm, and some reach 6 cm, it is jade-like in color, the flower color is emerald green, and it is very similar to the begonia flower.
When flowering, viewed from a distance, this flower is huge, the flower is high above the shelf, and the height of the seedling can reach 70 cm. Because the width is only 1.2 cm, giving people a feeling of relatively thin and slender, I first saw this flower on top of the Dujiangyan Orchid Exhibition, when a pot of 4 seedlings and 2 arrow flowers was exhibited, the height of the flower sword was about 50 centimeters, tall and tall, rich and fragrant, the onlookers were endless, and the number of people taking pictures was innumerable. Everyone was fascinated by its beautiful opening, and had never seen such a round plum petal flower. At one time, many people asked about the need to introduce this flower.
After the introduction of professionals, this flower has been named jade begonia by the owner of the flower, and has been reported to the orchid association into the orchid database. I think the name Jade Begonia is very much in line with the characteristics of this flower, whether it is from the flower type or flower color or according to the current petal type theory, this name can be said to be very good, fully reflecting the king style of this flower as the king of plum petals.
Jade begonia is now promoted by the Sichuan Orchid Association, has been exposed in the major orchid markets across the country, basically won very good awards, but also by the recognition of Lanjia across the country, so everyone has introduced the amount of breeding, at present, the sky-high price era of jade begonias has ended, has entered the price of civilianization, for novices, it is not so far away from the thing. Therefore, raising flowers is still to provide orchids recognized by the predecessors, only in this way can our flower raising business not stagnate and produce economic benefits.