"Is it transparent? Maybe I see more things!"

Xu Weiguo said with emotion.

Coming to Siheyuan from the New World is completely equivalent to being reborn decades ago, knowing the development of the future world like the back of your hand, and being natural and transparent.

Of course, Zhou Renmei didn't know that Xu Weiguo was a time traveler, so after hearing Xu Weiguo's words, she was quite surprised, "How old are you? Have you seen a lot? How many things can you do as an old man like me?"

"You young people just have a bad habit, that is, you like to brag!"

"Of course, other young people are just bragging, but you are capable of bragging. I mean, you don't even have that idea!"

"Forget it, forget it, if I keep telling you this, old man, I won't be able to bear it!"

Zhou Renmei shook her head and said: "It's strange, a young man like you can understand so much! Could it be that there are really geniuses in this world!"

"Genius?" Xu Weiguo shook his head, "I'm really not a genius, I just have a lot of things in my head."

"Don't your head hurt when you pack so many things?" Zhou Renmei asked curiously.

"It hurts? I don't feel it. Maybe the capacity of my head is larger than other people's!" Xu Weiguo said seriously.

Indeed, after all, he can only order but he can order a lot.

"..." Zhou Renmei became more and more speechless, "Yeah, I came here looking for a blow. Compared with you, my previous decades seemed like a waste of time!"

"Haha, it's too late for you to live again now!" Xu Weiguo was also amused by Zhou Renmei's words.

"Master Xu, if we don't talk about this anymore, do you still want to test me?" Zhou Renmei asked.

"Take the test! Of course you have to continue taking the test!"

Xu Weiguo immediately pointed and said, "Then tell me what this is!"

Zhou Renmei replied: "This is an orchid!"

"Master Xu, you don't know! In order to get this orchid, I went to the deep mountains and forests and searched for it for three days and three nights before I got it back."

Xu Weiguo shook his head, "I don't care about the story between you and this orchid. If you only know this, then I will be a little disappointed."

"Um..." Zhou Renmei said angrily: "You are quite serious, but if you want to stump me with orchids, that won't work!"

"Orchid is a common name for plants of the genus Orchid in the class Orchidaceae and the class Orchidaceae. It is an epiphytic or terrestrial herb with several to multiple leaves, usually grown at the base of the pseudobulb or on the lower node, biserial, band-shaped or rarely oblanceolate.

Shape to narrowly oval

Round, the base usually has a broad sheath surrounding the pseudobulb, with joints. The racemes have several or more flowers, and the colors are white, pure white, white-green, yellow-green, light yellow, light yellow-brown, yellow,

Red, green, purple.

The orchids in traditional Chinese famous flowers only refer to several species of terrestrial orchids distributed in the genus Category Orchid, such as Chunlan, Huilan, Jianlan, Molan and Hanlan, which are usually referred to as "Chinese orchids". This category

Orchids with big colorful hot flowers

Orchids are very different. They don’t have eye-catching displays, huge flowers or leaves, but they have a simple, quiet, elegant and noble temperament, which is in line with the aesthetic standards of Eastern people. It has a cultivation history of more than a thousand years in China.<

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Chinese people have always regarded orchids as a symbol of nobility and elegance, and are juxtaposed with "plum blossoms, bamboos, and chrysanthemums", collectively known as the "Four Gentlemen". Usually "orchid chapter" is used to describe the beauty of poetry, and "orchid friendship" is used to describe the true friendship. There are also

I borrow orchids to express pure love, "The spirit is like an orchid and will never change, the heart is like an orchid and will never change", "If you find an orchid, you can repay your close friends, and you can give one to Xiaoxiang in your dreams."

"That's enough."

Xu Weiguo shook his head again, "Not enough."

"You're cruel!" Zhou Renmei thought for a moment and continued: "Orchids have been cultivated in China for more than two thousand years. According to records, as early as the late Spring and Autumn Period, King Gou Jian of Yue had planted orchids in the mountains of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. After the Wei and Jin Dynasties

, Orchids have been used to decorate courtyards. In ancient times, people mainly collected wild orchids at first, and artificially cultivated orchids began in the palace. Wei and Jin Dynasties

Later, the cultivation of orchids expanded from the palace to the private gardens of the scholar-bureaucrats, and was used to decorate the gardens and beautify the environment, as described in Cao Zhi's poem "Autumn Orchids Belong on the Slope". It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the cultivation of orchids developed into general gardens.

Cultivated by flower farmers, for example, Li Bai, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote poems such as "The fragrance of orchids is far away in the wind, and the fragrant roots of beneficial grass flow".

The Song Dynasty was the heyday of the history of Chinese orchid art, and there were many books and descriptions about orchid art. For example, "Erya Wings" written by Luo Yuan in the Song Dynasty said, "The leaves of orchids are like sand, and they bloom in the first spring. The flowers are very fragrant, and they are mostly born in the forest.

In the middle, the breeze passes by, and its fragrance reaches outside, so it is called Zhilan. Jiangnan orchid only blooms in spring, and it is fragrant again in autumn and summer in Jingchu and central Fujian." Zhao Shigeng of the Southern Song Dynasty

"Jinzhang Orchid Pu" written in 1233 can be said to be the earliest work on orchids preserved in China, and also the world's first monograph on orchids. The book is divided into three volumes and five parts, focusing on purple orchids (mainly ink orchids).

The morphological characteristics of more than 30 varieties of orchid (orchid) and white orchid (i.e. Suxin Jianlan) are briefly described, and the taste of orchids is discussed. Following the "Jinzhang Orchid Book"

After that, Wang Guixue wrote "Wang's Orchid Genealogy" in 1247, which gave a detailed description of more than 30 orchid species. In addition, in the Song Dynasty, there was also "Orchid Genealogy", which mainly described cultivation methods.

It is divided into seven parts: seeding method, flower planting method, settling and watering method, watering method, flower planting fertilizer method, ant and louse removal method and miscellaneous method. As for Wu Zan's

The book "Cultivation Art Must Use" also introduced the cultivation of orchids. In 1256, Chen Jingyi's "Quanfang Beizu" described orchids in more detail. In the Song Dynasty, people such as Zhao Mengjian who used orchids as themes entered traditional Chinese painting.

The "Spring Orchid" painted by him is considered to be the earliest famous orchid painting in existence and is now collected in the bJ Palace Museum.

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In the Ming and Qing dynasties, orchid art entered a period of prosperity. With the increasing number of orchid varieties and the increasing cultivation experience, orchid cultivation has become a popular sight. At this time, there were books, picture albums, poems and seals describing orchids.

There are many orchid patterns on porcelain and some handicrafts, such as "Luo Lizhai" by Zhang Yingmin in the Ming Dynasty.

"Orchid Species", Gao Lian's "Eight Notes of Zunsheng" about orchids. Ming Dynasty pharmacologist Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" also has a relatively complete description of the names, categories and uses of orchids.

Discussion. In the Qing Dynasty, many monographs on orchid arts also emerged, such as "Lan Hui Tongxin Lu" in 1805, written by Xu from Jiaxing, Zhejiang.

Written by a man who is addicted to orchids, is good at painting orchids, and has rich experience in orchid art. The book is divided into two volumes. The first volume describes the knowledge of orchid planting, and the second volume describes the identification and classification methods of orchid varieties. The whole book records 57 varieties.

, and attached are the white drawings drawn by him. Others include Yuan Shijun's "A Brief Description of Orchid Language", Du Wenlan's "Four Essays on Orchid Art",

Maoxiang's "Lanyan", Zhu Kerou's "Notes on the First Fragrance", Tu Yongning's "Lan Hui Jing", Zhang Guangzhao's "Xinglan Genealogy", Yue Liang's "On Orchid Cultivating", Wang Hao's "Guang Qun Fang"

"Public Spectrum", Wu Qijun's "Illustrated Research on Plant Names and Facts", Ou Jince's "Linghai Lanyan" in the late Qing Dynasty, etc., still have certain reference value to this day.

The art of orchids has developed into modern times. There is "A Brief History of Lan Hui" published in 1923, written by Wu Enyuan, a native of Hangxian County, Zhejiang. Based on "Lan Hui Tongxin Lu", he made a three-volume description of the orchid varieties and cultivation methods at that time.

A relatively comprehensive introduction, the book describes a total of 161 famous Lanhui products in Zhejiang, and is accompanied by many photos and illustrations.

The text is rich and fascinating. In addition, "Orchid Planting Method" written by Xia Zhibin in 1930; "Orchid" co-edited by Yao Yumiao and Zhu Youren of Hangzhou in 1950; "Sichuan" written by Chengdu Garden Bureau in 1963

"Orchid Hui"; "Xiamen Orchid Book" compiled by Yan Chujiang of Fujian in 1964."

"Hmph, these are not from the book you gave me, but my own summary. How awesome! I dare not say anything else. Not many people know this!" After Zhou Renmei finished speaking, she looked proud.

!

Xu Weiguo said calmly: "The old gentleman has a good cultural background, but we are gardening. Although gardening has a good understanding of history and cultural needs, it is not mainly about these. Let's continue!"

"I..." I originally wanted to hear Xu Weiguo's praise, but in the end, I was waiting for such a sentence, and Zhou Renmei was so angry!

"I know the others too!" Zhou Renmei roared and continued: "Orchids are usually epiphytic or terrestrial herbs, rarely saprophytic, and usually have pseudobulbs; the pseudobulbs are ovoid, oval or spindle-shaped, and rarely do not exist.

or extended into a stem shape, through

Often enclosed in a sheath at the base of the leaf. There are several to many leaves, usually born at the base of the pseudobulb or on the lower node, bi-row, band-shaped or rarely oblanceolate to narrowly elliptical, and generally have a broad sheath at the base.

Surrounded by pseudobulbs, with joints.

The scape is lateral or arises from the base of the pseudobulb, erect, curved or drooping; the racemes have several or multiple flowers, rarely reduced to a single flower; the flower parcel is long or short, and does not fall during the flowering period; the flowers are larger

or medium large; sepals and petals are free and more or less similar; the labium is 3-lobed, and the base is sometimes conjoined with the core column for 3-6 mm; the lateral lobes are upright, often more or less surrounding the core column, and the middle lobe is generally curved outward; on the labial disk

have

2 longitudinal pleats, usually extending from the base to the base of the middle lobe, sometimes enlarged at the end or disconnected in the middle, rarely merged into one; the core column is longer, often curved forward somewhat, with wings on both sides, and the ventral surface is depressed or sometimes

With short hairs, there are 2 pollen clumps with deep fissures, or 4 pollen clumps forming 2 pairs of unequal sizes. They are waxy and connected to a nearly triangular sticky disk with a short, elastic pollen clump stalk.

Commonly seen flowers are composed of pedicel, receptacle, calyx, corolla, female core group and male core group. Orchid is a unique flower, and its peculiarity lies in its unique flower structure. Orchid structure

The peculiarity is that it is adapted to insect pollination and has a core

Columns, core beaks, pollen masses and labial valves, etc. In addition, orchids are bilaterally symmetrical flowers. The base of the labial valve forms a sac and spur with nectaries. The number of male cores is reduced, the ovary is inferior, and the flower shape, size and color are diverse.

, mostly herbaceous plants, epiphytic or saprophytic."

"Here are the physical features of orchids! That's enough!"

Xu Weiguo shook his head, "You missed the most critical cultivation technology!"

"This..." Zhou Renmei was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and finally shook her head, "This... I really can't remember it."

Xu Weiguo did not blame, but directly said: "The orchid cultivation technology is to divide the pots first, and divide the pots after the pots are full, usually once every 2 to 3 years, from March to early April, or from October to November.

It is advisable to do it in the middle of the year. When dividing the pots, the potting soil should be dry. If it is wet mud, it will be inconvenient to operate and the roots will easily be broken and injured. The mother plant

After turning it out, gently remove the mud, divide it according to the natural plant, trim the dead roots and remaining leaves, and be careful not to touch the leaf buds and fleshy roots. Then wash the roots with clean water and put them in a cool place until the roots turn white.

When it is dry, it can be separated into pots. If the weather becomes humid, it must be exposed to the sun for about 10 minutes to facilitate the growth of orchids.

After dividing the pots, it is time to pot them up. The flower pots should have small openings, deep pots and large bottom holes. Wild seedlings newly dug from the mountains must be planted in earthenware pots. They can be replaced with purple clay pots or porcelain pots after 2 to 3 years.

Pot. First cover the bottom hole of the pot with clam shells, brown flakes, etc., add coarse sand, cinders and charcoal to make a steamed bun shape, accounting for about 1/3 of the capacity. Add culture soil on top of it to a thickness of about 3~

5 cm. Generally, no base fertilizer is added. Then put the orchid into the pot, arrange the roots densely, and add the mixed fine soil until it is 2 to 3 cm away from the pot. Lift the orchid plant slightly, and the height is the upper end of the pseudobulb.

It should be flush with the soil surface, not too shallow or too deep. Press the pot soil lightly to make the soil and roots closely contact, and then use your fingers to compact it around the pot to avoid watering.

Water will cause holes. If a layer of moss or broken tiles is applied to the top layer, watering will not easily cause hardening and can reduce water evaporation. For the first watering, use the sitting pot method to make the pot absorb enough water. Finally, put the potted orchid in

Place it in the shade for about half a month to one month. During this period, watering must be controlled and not too wet. Afterwards, place it in half shade and half sun, with ventilation and ventilation.
To be continued...