Flower expert teaches you how to choose New Year's flowers
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Hefei Daily News (Zhang Xinzheng, Wang Yongliang) As the Spring Festival approaches, family reunions add joy, and fresh flowers are essential for celebration. Choosing a pot of satisfactory potted New Year's flowers is still a challenge for ordinary citizens. Yesterday, through interviews with flower experts from the municipal forestry and gardening bureau, some common knowledge about choosing New Year's flowers was summarized.
It is understood that the common New Year's flowers in the Hefei market include Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium, Clivia, Azalea, Anthurium, and Pineapple, etc.
Phalaenopsis is divided into A, B, and C grades according to the different number of flowers. Grade C usually has 5-6 flowers, grade B has 7-8 flowers, grade A has 9-11 flowers, and more than 11 flowers are considered special grade. The more flowers, the better the plant, and citizens can count the number of Phalaenopsis flowers before making a judgment.
Cymbidium mainly looks at the color and flower spikes. The more flower spikes, the better, and the purer the color, the more expensive. For example, pure white and green are generally more prestigious varieties.
Azalea is usually judged by the size of the plant, with the larger ones being better. Among Azaleas, imported ones are more expensive, but domestic ones like the hair Azalea and high mountain Azalea are easier to care for. How to distinguish between imported and domestic? Generally speaking, imported leaves have small barbs, which feel prickly when touched, while domestic Azaleas have some barbs but feel softer when touched. In addition, the entire flower surface of imported Azaleas is level with the leaves, while the domestic ones are slightly higher than the leaf surface.
For New Year's flowers like Anthurium and Pineapple, the main thing is to look at whether the color is correct and bright. If the color looks very authentic and glossy, then the flower is considered good.
At the same time, experts remind citizens that the blooming period of the above New Year's flowers is more than a month, and the choice of flowers differs depending on the purchase time. If buying now, it is best to buy ones with flower buds, so that the flowers will bloom during the Spring Festival. If buying at the end of January or early February, choose flowers that are already in full bloom. In addition, for citizens with insufficient experience in flower care, it is recommended to buy after the end of January, otherwise, if the flowers with buds are placed at home and the temperature, humidity, and ventilation conditions change, poor care may cause the flowers to wither before they bloom.
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