Chu Dinh Lan flowers: Spathoglottis plicata
Origin: Southeast Asia
Morphology: Tree bush, glossy green leaves are long, parallel leaf veins. Purple flowers grow on a long common stalk, seasonal flowers almost all year.
Ecological characteristics: partial shade tolerant trees, wet-loving, drought tolerant. The average growth rate. Propagated by separating dust.
Chu nail lan – Lan Sapthoglottis grows throughout Asia to the islands in the southern hemisphere, Australia and Hawaii and spread to the Caribbean. Molucca islands cook Aboriginal orchid leaves to cure rheumatism. These primitive orchids, wild flowers grow not expand as the tree was bred. In countries such as Thailand, the Philippines and Hawaii as they grow this orchid in the garden decorative plants because the leaves green, brightly colored flowers and did not take much time to care.
Vietnam we breed but only a few species of orchids in the world with more than 60 varieties, and this is now pretty much the same breed with beautiful flowers. Thailand is making us amazed at the beauty of intentional spreading, and spreading trees with colored tacks strange Chu latter are run by growers and breeders from entering this country. Spathoglottis plicata trees that Vietnam called Chu nails purple orchids, this is probably a very common color, but actually has a lot of special plant types with different colors from pink gold, white, dark purple, light purple, was bred Spathoglottis trees but little flowers kimballina, but beautiful yellow and also quite distinct types, so they created a lot of tree breeding for more flowers, gorgeous colors, flowering extended.
Chu nails Cymbidium orchids are a species are colorful, very easy to grow and especially developing very quickly. Flowers grow from tubers bottom detector, high 50-60 division. Fragrant flowers but the color but not glory. 15 consecutive bloom for 2-3 months and remains off if the flowers are watered and fertilized regularly and 60-70% humidity. If nails spread on land cultivation cycle should choose very porous material and drainage. If potted pot use for edible roots down deep. Remember tubers rot spreads very easily, so only 1/3 buried alone. When separation does not need to have more branches and roots like other orchids.