Mr. Cong Hau and Mr. Moc Huong hug rare stones Sharing about his hobby of bonsai, Mr. Cong Hau said: “Every day, my garden welcomes a lot of people to visit and buy plants. Most of them are overwhelmed by the beauty of the ancient bonsai trees that I have collected for decades. However, I only share the passion and transfer of trees to those who have a real love, experience in tree care and are especially careful in the care process. Mr. Xuan Truong was transferred by Cong Hau to a hundred-year-old wood incense for 4 billion dong Artisan Cong Hau also shared, the bigger the wood incense, the more years it is because the characteristics of this species grow very slowly. The trunk has many veins, the rougher the stump, the more it shows the enduring strength of the tree against the destruction of time. In addition to its unique beauty, wood incense is also favored by its high medicinal properties. For example, the rosewood flower has a pleasant aroma, is used to make tea with the effect of curing colic and extremely effective hair care. Myrrh root supports the treatment of bone pain, rheumatism, kidney failure. In addition, myrrh fruit is also an ingredient in medicine for stomach pain, liver pain, this is really caused by cold. In particular, the fragrant flower stem can also make drinking water to help brighten eyes and improve skin. At present, Cong Hau’s garden also has the presence of many other rare varieties. He said that he has never ceased to be passionate about this bonsai hobby. In the future, the owner of Cong Hau orchid garden promises to “launch” more unique bonsai works, satisfying the expectations of graves across the country.

Professor, Doctor of Science Tran Duy Quy, Director of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Science and Technology Cooperation and Chairman of the Vietnam Orchid Association, said the above price is not virtual. “With mutant orchids such as: Lan Vinh Khang, Dai Cat, Ngoc Son Cuoc…, if you achieve all the strictest elements of a beautiful orchid, the price will fluctuate from 1-10 billion VND/cm kie. (seedlings develop from the eyes of the mother plant)”, Mr. Quy said. How much does a mutant orchid cost? “There is no set price for mutant orchids. The expensiveness of a mutant orchid depends on the rarity and beauty of each plant,” Quy said and said that there are about 35,000 species of orchids in the world, about 1,010 species in Vietnam alone, while mutant orchids have about 100 varieties. According to the professor, not every mutation will be expensive. There are mutant orchid varieties costing only a few tens of thousands of dong such as: Hac Vy Trang, Phi Diep Trang… These are popular orchids in the playing community and market, easy to find in nature, widely propagated. cobble. Orchid currently has about 35,000 different types in the world. Photo: Hainan. Meanwhile, Dai Ngan Butterfly, Juliet, Ngoc Son Cuoc, Pleiku Eyes… are some mutant orchids with very expensive market prices. The reason explained by Mr. Quy is that these orchids are created by nature over millions of years, and at the same time, the flowers that grow from these orchids reach perfection on very strict criteria. As an example of the white 5-petal mutant orchid Phu Tho, the President of the Vietnam Orchid Association said this orchid was found by a Central Circus in 1972 in Phu Tho. Then, they hand it over to the indigenous people to cultivate. “Currently, there are five white-petaled white berries in Phu Tho that are valued at 400-500 million VND/cm. But to have this price, the flowers from the tree must be perfect,” said Mr. Quy. Specifically, the tree structure must be clean – green (ie, no stains, no other colors); cotton must be pure white or clear as jade; horizontal “shoulder” – “wing” gourd; “eyes” are scratched like a girl’s eyelashes or must be very dark; hairy “lips”; The distinctive and special seductive fragrance “nose” must be so clean and white as snow. The “parts” of an orchid. Photo: HN When meeting the above criteria, according to Mr. Quy, a 5-petal white Phu Tho orchid can be sold for hundreds of billions of dong, depending on the height of the tree. “There are flowering mutant orchids that achieve all the requirements such as horizontal shoulders, gourd wings, fragrance… But if the nose of white flowers will cost a few billion, the nose of other crops will only be a few hundred thousand.” Mr. Quy shared. The professor said that currently, Vietnam has no council or agency or organization that accepts responsibility for pricing orchids. The price will be evaluated and given by the people in the playing community. The more people rate beautiful flowers, the higher the price. Therefore, recently, when the spread of orchids “bloomed”, the demand for orchids increased dramatically, leading to the price of orchids being “blown” higher than the real value. Mr. Quy said that this situation will decrease and end when the sudden supply of orchids balances with demand. Being deceived because of cheap greed, gullible gullibility According to the President of the Vietnam Orchid Association, there are two types of mutant orchids, natural mutations and artificial mutations. Natural mutation is a change in the nature of genes but occurs naturally, accumulated over millions of years and selected by nature, retaining the essence. Humans when finding this natural mutant will often use and propagate it. At the same time, the natural mutant orchid lines will have a very expensive price because of its rarity. Meanwhile, artificially mutated orchids are essentially changes to the plant’s genome but are influenced by humans. This has the disadvantage that the mutation in the gene can disappear and return to the original form (due to rapid artificialification, the gene structure is not stable). In addition, artificial mutations also have a very low probability of success, depending heavily on luck. “Artificial mutant orchid creators often orient mutations according to inherent standards such as horizontal shoulders, gourd wings, clean nose… But the results are rarely perfect, successful mutations but not recognized”, Mr. Quy shared. In the picture is kie lan (seedlings develop from the eyes of the mother plant). Photo: Hainan. Talking about the situation of scams when transactions spread suddenly recently, the professor said that people who are deceived are often greedy, inexperienced and gullible. “Scammers often use social networks to advertise. They take pictures, attach the name of mutant orchids and then sell them. These scammers often never dare to publicly disclose the exact name or address of the garden.” Mr. Quy commented when talking about transaction frauds spreading through the network. As for many cases, the victims went to the garden to see the mutant orchids with their own eyes, but when they bought the kies, they discovered they were cheated, Professor Quy said that the buyers were inexperienced. “It is not possible to detect or distinguish mutant orchids from normal orchids through kies. All kies are the same, only when flowering will they know if it is a mutant orchid or not,” the professor recommended. Experts give advice when dealing with orchids that need a paper contract, must find reputable places, come to the garden to see the tree and have the testimony of many people.

Technicians of the Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology (Nuclear Research Institute, based in Da Lat city, Lam Dong) next to a radioactive projector that causes mutations in plants. The Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology (Nuclear Research Institute) is a unit that regularly applies radiation techniques to select and create mutant varieties on plants. Especially in the past time, the orchid and bonsai market has been extremely active, many customers have come to the center to irradiate to mutate their plants. The irradiation process is quite quick, with the new technology Gama Cobalt irradiator, this process only takes about 1-2 minutes and is completely automatic. Immediately after, orchid seeds will be taken to the separation room to be cultured in nutrient solution for a certain time. After that, these plants were further isolated many times to select mutant morphologies different from the parent plant. Master Le Xuan Cuong, irradiation technician (Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology), said that the number of doses will vary depending on the sample provided by the customer such as tissue samples, branches, seedlings… “After irradiation, it will produce random mutations, beneficial or harmful, regardless of their will” – Master Cuong said. Currently, the Center’s Culture Room is storing many pseudo-crane orchid seedlings that have mutated on the stem and on the leaves. Specifically, the color of leaves and stems have turned white or purple. These are mutant forms that can be seen immediately, for flower color, you have to wait for the plant to grow and flower as usual. According to Mr. Le Van Thuc, Deputy Director of the Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology, for flower plants, by irradiation techniques, it is possible to select flower colors or select traits that are resistant to adverse conditions. environmental benefits such as preventing fungal and bacterial diseases on plants. “Compared to natural mutations, the probability is one in a thousand or one million, but using radioactive sources to cause mutations in plants will have a higher probability of hundreds, thousands of times,” – Mr. Thuc analyzed. Application on many plant varieties After irradiation, samples of the fake crane orchids were taken to the separation room to be cultured in nutrient solution for a certain time. Not only orchids, the Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology has tested irradiation to cause mutations on Forget-me-not Da Lat flowers, Torenia flowers, and Dendrobium orchids. The results have created many mutant lines in flower color and structure of stems and leaves with great differences compared to the mother plant. Through that, the Center has built up the basic processes of radiation breeding; selection of materials for irradiation, frequency of irradiation, propagation, experimental planting to screen for mutations at phenotypic level, identification of mutant lines at molecular level… According to Mr. Le Van Thuc, the Center’s orientation will continue to promote the field of plant biotechnology and plant breeding, rapid multiplication of plant varieties and conservation of valuable plant genetic resources; continue to develop radiation technology in the selection and breeding of key plant varieties, endemic varieties of Lam Dong province, focusing on selecting and creating new quality varieties on flower, fruit, ornamental and medicinal plants. The culture room of Radiation Technology and Biotechnology (Nuclear Research Institute) houses many mutant plants, which are mainly orchids. Currently, the Nuclear Research Institute has used irradiation techniques combined with In-vitro methods, applying in vitro flowering techniques to quickly select flower color mutations, shortening the selection time. filtering, reducing the cost of isolating mutant lines that previously had to be planted in the field for selection. At the same time, the Institute cooperates with many units throughout the country such as the Southern Fruit Institute, the Mekong Delta Rice Institute, the Central Highlands Agro-Forestry Research Institute, universities: Tra Vinh University, the University of Da Lat,… to handle mutant irradiation on many different crops. Mr. Do Minh Ngoc, Deputy Director of the Department of Science and Technology of Lam Dong province, said that irradiation is a tool and a technological solution for breeding that many parts of the world have implemented. However, the selection and maintenance of mutant traits is very important and requires time and experience for these plants to become a source of seeds for other production industries.

Orchid nursery nursery Di Linh – the result of the project of breeding In-vitro fake crane orchids by the Center for Science and Technology Application (under the Department of Science and Technology of Lam Dong Province). The technique of propagation by plant tissue culture (In-vitro) is no longer strange in Lam Dong province in general and Da Lat city in particular. The application of this technology to propagate the species of Orchid Di Linh was first deployed by the Center for Science and Technology Application. The project was completed, completed and accepted by Mr. Phan Quoc Chinh, Deputy Director of Lam Dong Center for Science and Technology Application and his colleagues. To select the original source of quality seed, the people who carried out the project had to collect Gia Hac Di Linh orchids in Da Lat city and Di Linh district, in orchid gardens that met strict standards. Sampled plants must have an average height of 30-40 cm, have 14-16 pairs of leaves, average trunk diameter of about 4mm and be planted in plastic or terracotta pots. Each tree has 4-5 fruits and the physiological ripening rate is not equal. Selected fruits that should be dark green and physiologically ripe, of the specified size, without cracks, were collected for inclusion in the sample. After cleaning and disinfecting, samples of Di Linh falcon will be propagated in-vitro according to the following summary procedure: Initial culture stage to create buds and clusters of buds; rapid multiplication stage; rooting stage to create a complete plant. These three stages take about 28 weeks, then the seedlings (5cm tall, 4cm long roots, good growth, dark green leaves) are brought to the nursery to plant and take care of. After about 24 weeks, the plant can be grown with a height of 5-7cm, with 4-5 leaves. According to Mr. Phan Quoc Chinh, plants grown in an In-vitro environment must ensure the conditions of temperature, humidity and light intensity according to certain cycles. In addition to the results of creating a series of fake crane orchids, the project also built a standard process for propagating this plant by the In-vitro method and can be transferred to other units. “During the implementation, we tried to add ripe banana pulp, coconut water to the culture medium. The results showed that shoot formation and shoot growth also increased faster than normal, “- Mr. Chinh said. Very cheap price Seedlings of Phalaenopsis orchids are extracted and put into nutrient bags to be raised in the laboratory before being sent to the nursery. After completing the In-vitro propagation process, the first 500 orchid seedlings were brought to the nursery at the Don Duong Experimental Station (Don Duong District) and continued to be tested on many different types of media within a short period of time. 3 months. As a result, the rate of plants living outside the nursery reached 90%. Among the types of substrates put into the experiment, the coir fiber medium helped the plant grow best, the height of the tree reached 5.6 cm; The root length is 3.70 cm, the survival rate is 95% and the tree has a large stem, dark green leaves, many leaves. According to Mr. Nguyen Nhu Chuong, Director of Lam Dong Center for Science and Technology Application, after the acceptance of the project, the Center continues to propagate about 3,000 plants to supply domestic and foreign markets at an export price. selling for only about 25,000 VND/seedling. “The method of tissue culture in the laboratory makes it possible to propagate many times larger numbers than natural breeding. Therefore, the price that the Center is selling to the market today is normal,” said Mr. Chuong. From the research results of the topic, Lam Dong Center for Applied Science and Technology has developed a baseline standard for the Di Linh Giac Giac orchid seedling and was continued by the Sub-Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection. take. Thereby, the genetic resources of rare forest orchids originating in the locality are preserved and developed. A Di Linh Fake Orchid is eligible for sale for 25,000 VND / tree, very cheap compared to the current market. According to Mr. Ho Anh Dung, Vice Chairman of Da Lat Flower Association, the quality of In-vitro seedlings will ensure higher uniformity and superiority compared to traditional methods, serving the conservation of seed resources. and commercial purposes. The first-line mother tree has been carefully selected, which will help the seedlings to preserve the best characteristics of the mother plant, not only the Di Linh orchid but also precious plants such as Ngoc Linh ginseng, Camellia flower .. .

After irradiation, samples of the fake crane orchids were taken to the separation room to be cultured in nutrient solution for a certain time. (Photo: Nguyen Dung/VNA) In Lam Dong – the “capital” of high-tech agriculture of the country, the application of new science and technology in agriculture is increasingly widespread. Especially for the plant breeding industry to preserve rare genetic resources as well as to develop commercial varieties of these plants. Wild Orchid Di Linh is one of such trees. They are not only mass-produced, but also irradiated to create mutations on demand. Di Linh fake crane – a “famous” orchid of orchid players inside and outside Lam Dong province, often sought to buy with many different prices. However with In-vitro technology As modern as it is today, for the first time, the Center for Science and Technology Application (Lam Dong Department of Science and Technology) has successfully studied the process of mass propagation of this plant. Mass breeding The technique of propagation by plant tissue culture (In-vitro) is no longer strange in Lam Dong province in general and Da Lat city in particular. The application of this technology to propagate the species of Orchid Di Linh was first deployed by the Center for Science and Technology Application. The project was completed, completed and accepted by Mr. Phan Quoc Chinh, Deputy Director of Lam Dong Center for Science and Technology Application and his colleagues. To select the original source of quality seed, the people who carried out the project had to collect Gia Hac Di Linh orchids in Da Lat city and Di Linh district, in orchid gardens that met strict standards. Sampled plants must have an average height of 30-40 cm, have 14-16 pairs of leaves, average trunk diameter of about 4mm and be planted in plastic or terracotta pots. Each tree has 4-5 fruits and the physiological ripening rate is not equal. Selected fruits that should be dark green and physiologically ripe, of the specified size, without cracks, were collected for inclusion in the sample. A seedling of the fake crane orchid has had a mutation: the color of the leaves, the stem has turned white or purple. (Photo: Nguyen Dung/VNA) After being cleaned and disinfected, samples of Di Linh imitation crane will be propagated in-vitro according to the following summary procedure: initial culture stage to create buds and clusters of buds; rapid multiplication stage; rooting stage to create a complete plant. These three stages take about 28 weeks, then the seedlings (5cm tall, 4cm long roots, good growth, dark green leaves) are brought to the nursery to plant and take care of. After the next 24 weeks, the plant can be grown with a height of 5-7cm, with 4-5 leaves. According to Mr. Phan Quoc Chinh, plants grown in an In-vitro environment must ensure the conditions of temperature, humidity and light intensity according to certain cycles. In addition to the results of creating a series of fake crane orchids, the project also built a standard process for propagating this plant by the In-vitro method and can be transferred to other units. “During the implementation, we tried to add ripe banana pulp, coconut water to the culture medium. The results showed that shoot formation and shoot growth also increased faster than normal, “- Mr. Chinh said. Very cheap price After finishing breeding process In-vitro, the first 500 orchid seedlings were brought to the nursery at the Don Duong Experimental Station (Don Duong District) and continued to be tested on many different types of media within 3 months. As a result, the rate of plants living outside the nursery reached 90%. Among the types of substrates put into the experiment, coir fiber media helped the plant grow best, the height of the tree reached 5.6cm; The root length is 3.70cm, the survival rate is 95% and the tree has a large stem, dark green leaves, many leaves. A Di Linh Fake Orchid is eligible for sale for 25,000 VND / tree, very cheap compared to the current market. (Photo: Nguyen Dung/VNA) According to Mr. Nguyen Nhu Chuong, Director of Lam Dong Center for Science and Technology Application, after the acceptance of the project, the Center continues to propagate about 3,000 plants to supply domestic and foreign markets at an export price. selling for only about 25,000 VND/seedling. “The method of tissue culture in the laboratory makes it possible to propagate many times larger numbers than natural breeding. Therefore, the price that the Center is selling to the market today is normal,” said Mr. Chuong. From the results of the study, Center for Applied Science and Technology Lam Dong has carried out the development of basic standards for Gia Hac Di Linh orchid seedlings and received by the Sub-Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection. Thereby, the genetic resources of rare forest orchids originating locally are preserved and developed. According to Mr. Ho Anh Dung, Vice Chairman of Da Lat Flower Association, the quality of In-vitro seedlings will ensure higher uniformity and superiority compared to traditional methods, serving the conservation of seed resources. and commercial purposes. The first-line mother plant has been carefully selected, which will help the seedlings to preserve the best characteristics of the mother plant, not only the Di Linh orchid but also precious plants such as Ngoc Linh ginseng, Camellia flower./ .

Mr. Phan Quoc Chinh, Deputy Director of Lam Dong Center for Science and Technology Application, Head of the topic inside the orchid tissue culture laboratory Di Linh Giac. (Photo: Nguyen Dung/VNA) Nuclear Research Institute (headquartered in Da Lat city, Lam Dong province) is a leading unit in the field of agricultural biology in Vietnam’s atomic energy industry. Among them, radiation breeding is a field that has existed for a long time and developed to this day. mutagenic irradiation on flowers, decorative leaves and rare orchids fake cranes. Irradiation selects mutations The Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology (Nuclear Research Institute) is a unit that regularly applies radiation techniques to select and create mutant varieties on plants. Especially in the past time, the market Orchid and mutant bonsai is extremely vibrant, many customers have come to the center to irradiate to mutate plants. The irradiation process is quite quick, with the new technology Gama Cobalt irradiator, this process only takes about 1-2 minutes and is fully automatic. Immediately after, orchid seeds will be taken to the separation room to be cultured in nutrient solution for a certain time. After that, these plants were further isolated many times to select mutant morphologies different from the parent plant. Master Le Xuan Cuong, irradiation technician (Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology), said that the number of doses will vary depending on the sample provided by the customer such as tissue samples, branches, seedlings… “After irradiation, it will produce random mutations, beneficial or harmful, regardless of their will” – Master Cuong said. Currently, the Center’s Culture Room is storing many pseudo-crane orchid seedlings that have mutated on the stem and on the leaves. Specifically, the color of leaves and stems have turned white or purple. These are mutant forms that can be seen immediately, for flower color, you have to wait for the plant to grow and flower as usual to know. A seedling of the false crane orchid has had a leaf color mutation, and the stem has turned white or purple. (Photo: Nguyen Dung/VNA) According to Mr. Le Van Thuc, Deputy Director of the Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology, for flower plants, by irradiation techniques, it is possible to select flower colors or select traits that are resistant to adverse conditions. environmental benefits such as preventing fungal and bacterial diseases on plants. “Compared to natural mutations, the probability is one in a thousand or one million, but using radioactive sources to cause mutations in plants will have a higher probability of hundreds, thousands of times,” – Mr. Thuc analyzed. Application on many plant varieties Not only orchids, the Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology has tested irradiation to cause mutations on Forget-me-not Da Lat flowers, Torenia flowers, and Dendrobium orchids. The results have created many mutant lines in flower color and stem and leaf structure with great differences compared to the mother plant. Through that, the Center has built up the basic processes of radiation breeding; selection of materials for irradiation, frequency of irradiation, propagation, experimental planting to screen for mutations at phenotypic level, identification of mutant lines at molecular level… Technicians of the Center for Radiation Technology and Biotechnology (Nuclear Research Institute, based in Da Lat city, Lam Dong) next to a radioactive projector that causes mutations in plants. (Photo: Nguyen Dung/VNA) According to Mr. Le Van Thuc, the Center’s orientation will continue to promote the field of plant biotechnology and plant breeding, rapid multiplication of plant varieties and conservation of valuable plant genetic resources; continue to develop radiation technology in the selection and breeding of key plant varieties, endemic varieties of Lam Dong province, focusing on selecting and creating new quality varieties on flower, fruit, ornamental and medicinal plants. Currently, the Nuclear Research Institute has used irradiation techniques combined with In-vitro methods, applying in vitro flowering techniques to quickly select flower color mutations, shortening the selection time. filtering, reducing the cost of isolating mutant lines that previously had to be planted in the field for selection. At the same time, the Institute cooperates with many units throughout the country such as the Southern Fruit Institute, the Mekong Delta Rice Institute, the Central Highlands Agro-Forestry Research Institute, universities: Tra Vinh University, the University of Da Lat… to handle mutant irradiation on many different crops. Mr. Do Minh Ngoc, Deputy Director of Provincial Department of Science and Technology Lam Dong Irradiation is a tool and a technological solution for breeding that many parts of the world have implemented. However, the selection and maintenance of mutant traits is very important and requires time and experience, for these plants to become a source of seeds for other production industries.

Inside the Old Saigon Coffee shop. Sharing about the idea of ​​a coffee shop combined with a garden, Mr. Hieu Hoang confided: “ This unique business model is the work of nearly ten years of my passion for collecting, planting and exchanging beautiful plant and flower varieties from all over the country. Up to now, the development of the garden has helped me satisfy my passion and have a stable source of income in life. “. If you come to Saigon Xua Coffee in the morning, immerse yourself in the green space with the chirping of birds, customers will fully feel the light, quiet, very “rustic” and relaxed atmosphere with the fragrance. of orchids. At night, Saigon Xua Coffee even more evokes nostalgic features of a Saigon town in the 70s and 80s, very suitable for lovers who need a romantic scene in the old mossy, shimmering space. spirit under the golden light. The yellow light emanating from the lanterns dangling from the tree branches or the light from the house pillars and somewhere are the flashing lights…helping the shop “fascinate” those who love beauty. Mr. Hieu shared that guests coming to the shop were all delighted by the “artworks of art” of nature. Not only that, the bar is highly appreciated by many people for its quality drinks. Although the menu is not too many dishes like other addresses, in return all are very delicious, once used, you will never forget. Mr. Hieu Hoang uses for the shop a clean, chemical-free coffee, roasting and processing it by himself, so each cup of Saigon Xua Coffee’s coffee has a strong, seductive flavor. In addition to coffee, the shop’s drinks also have rich and delicious smoothies, juices and teas. This is really the ideal destination for those who want to have a peaceful place to return to after tired working hours and struggling with the hustle and bustle of life out there. Owner Hieu Hoang and guests at “Old Saigon”. Saigon Xua Coffee is like a miniature garden with countless flowers blooming everywhere, especially orchids. The shop is loved by its very poetic space, which can be said to be the perfect combination between the beauty of nature and the delicate hands of man. Thanks to a stable customer base, so far Mr. Hieu has built 3 bases for his green space cafe model: 2 in Bac Ninh, 1 in Thai Nguyen with frequent visitors. Mr. Hieu is also cherishing plans to expand and develop more facilities for Saigon Xua Coffee in some northern provinces. If you are too familiar with the bustling, modern spaces of the city and want to find a strange but close space, quiet and peaceful, with mossy and bold colors of nostalgia, then Saigon Xua Coffee is a great choice. Ideal choice for diners.

Illustration: ROOM. “Soldiers often drink tea here. The teapot of the truss house is also very different from the mainland. All year round, there are so many faces, voices, smiles … unlike in the home country, if it’s convenient to arrange, invite neighbors, someone on the way to visit”; “The orchid probe you just asked can only be brought out by officers and soldiers. Why? Because from the mainland to here, the military equipment is heavy on the shoulders, the army can only pack one When you come here, you must cherish and take good care of it, then the branch transplanted on the other rotten log can survive and bloom.The harsh climate makes that orchid branch forever not multiply. However, there are still truss houses with huge pots of orchids, many brilliant flower branches. It is a gift from the Da Lat Flower Association”… The soldier’s words were mixed with anxiety and recovery. . In the last days of the journey, the delegations often come to the DK1 rig on the southern continental shelf of the country. After a dozen days of floating at sea and then visiting floating islands, sinking islands, it seemed that the salty sea salt had penetrated deep into every breath, but when we reached the southern continental shelf, went to the rig house, the feeling of the sea was felt. opened up vast, deep horizons. At night, turn on the phone, sometimes flash one or two bars, knowing immediately that the train is going through the rig. Then dawn rose, standing in front of the eyes was a yellow painted steel house shining like a sunflower. Suddenly, a sudden thunderstorm came, even though in the distance, the dawn sky was still golden like honey. The ship began to shake, the waves hit the rig’s feet, causing the whole area to be white. The storm passed very quickly, the ship moved closer to the truss house, the closer it got, the more stable and majestic the steel flower was. Large steel pillars line the sea surface proudly, proudly but no less romantic. It arouses in each person the surprise, the surprise, the inexplicable how and the many ups and downs so that we can build those sacred sovereignty milestones. Next to the beautiful little orchid branch, the soldier of the truss family whispered to me: “My parents are also very sick in the countryside. My hometown Thai Binh, all day and night, I still hear the sound of the sea. However, my father has never seen the sea once. He was blind, his eyes closed or open, only darkness. I went to the army, worked as a soldier, my father was very proud. Every time his son returned, he kept asking: Is the sea out there as beautiful as the sea in my hometown? Oh, it must be very wide, very green, but the waves are also fierce, right? I said that the sea in our country is beautiful everywhere. Another soldier sent me a picture of the moonlit night of the truss house, which was taken by the people who built this project. It is difficult to imagine what that moonlit night was like and how the soldier was awake and anxious. I kept looking, shaking and imagining each picture of the steel flower, the orchid branches, feeling deep down in my heart, pushing up the love that was quietly emitting its scent.

Artisan Dong Chien also takes a lot of time to learn about orchids, from garden orchids to seed orchids, which are collected by artisans to choose the best care method. According to Dong Chien artist, firstly, orchid growers need to know the techniques of watering the plants. Not always watering and not always the right time. Should water orchids in the morning, the plants are about to bloom, you should just water gently on the branches and not over water will make the roots waterlogged and affect the flowering process. Artisan Dong Chien also said, “best country, second division, three need, four varieties” are all the most essential in growing orchids and other ornamental plants. So orchid growers need to pay attention to how to fertilize the plants. Artisan Dong Chien said: “Do not fertilize in the afternoon, because at that time the plants are difficult to photosynthesize and will not absorb nutrients, so fertilize in the morning and apply with a sufficient dose, avoid love state of the tree is missing “. In addition, each orchid species will have its own techniques to care for, so growers need to choose strong and well-developed varieties. Currently, there are many places that offer orchids, but to collect beautiful plants, you need to come to the place to check and learn about that orchid variety. Growing and caring for orchids requires not only technique, but also patience, diligence and effort. Orchids are not like other flowers, must be very healthy to germinate to multiply and flower beautifully, this factor needs to depend on the caregiver. Artisan Dong Chien shared: “ I pursue and stick with orchids because I am passionate and love to see orchids bloom, pure and proud flowers are the driving force that motivates me to take better care of them to multiply more varieties. and share with many people with the same passion nationwide “. Artisan Dong Chien is a retired military officer, he chooses to grow orchids to ease his spirit and create his own pleasure. He is not afraid to share the knowledge that he has learned during his time when he tended to his orchid garden. Because he wishes to develop and preserve the wild orchids. Hopefully, with the sharing experiences of artisan Dong Chien, it will motivate those who have a passion for orchids to learn and be more confident in their career in planting and caring for wild orchids.

The person who discovered it was a … Central circus actor. This person found mutant orchids on a village banyan tree. At that time the flowers were blooming. They share with local people and also bring them to plant. Later, that orchid was named “Phu Tho white five-pointed”. Prof. Tran Duy Quy – Former Director of the Institute of Agricultural Genetics, Chairman of Hanoi Orchid Association analyzed the mutant orchid Those who study deeply about orchids divide mutant orchids into 2 main types according to the flower face: The first is the white five-pointed flower, the second is the pink five-pointed flower. In the five white wings again divided many criteria. The best criteria of a mutant flower must have the structure of 3 sepals and it must be balanced, not too big, not too small, the arrangement position must be balanced. There are species of wings like the swallow or a crane called “fake crane”. There are types of horizontal shoulder blades (orchid players like the one that is horizontal to gourd), petals, sepals white as jade and wax, when shooting light up like a meteor. Throat of flowers must not be smudged, multicolored, must be clean and have a uniform color … Mutant orchids are analyzed by orchid players according to the characteristics and criteria to evaluate beautiful orchids A beautiful flower must have all the criteria: The flower structure must be balanced, the petals and sepals are in balance, not too big, too small, smooth lips like snow, clean throat, clear hydrolyzed nose, aroma. seductive. If all of these criteria are met, they will be graded as the highest cotton, if lacking, then downgrade. Why spread expensive mutations? Professor Quy answered: Firstly, it is rare, millions of new trees have one mutant tree. Plants have less vitality than other types, with a healthy vitality type, the cotton face is not beautiful. Mutant orchids can only clone naturally to retain the shape, structure of the plant and the floral structure of the mother plant. If the nucleus implants tissue, it is, in principle, impossible to multiply. Because too many growth regulators are used, the plants at flowering are deformed. How to recognize mutant spread? Professor Tran Duy Quy affirmed, playing mutant orchids or playing normal orchids must have knowledge of farming. The orchid player must know to meet the 4 requirements of care: First, orchids like moisture but not too much water, like sunlight but not direct sunlight, like the wind but not too strong wind, like the temperature but must not be below 5 degrees and not higher than 42 degrees. Ensuring those four conditions to play spread. Mutant orchids must be balanced Second, want to distinguish an ordinary flower plant from a mutant orchid, in addition to distinguishing morphology of the leaf stems, it is imperative to have blooming flowers to distinguish. “The most famous morphological taxonomists in the world without flowers would dare not identify the scientific name, let alone normal players,” Quy warned. According to Professor Quy, orchids mutate from blooming to dying, lasting from a few weeks to a month, depending on the species. The flower player only keeps the flower at its best, then cuts it off to preserve the tree. If you play flowers until they fall, the flowers will take all the nutrients of the mother plant, which is very difficult to recover. Why there are several hundred billion orchid pots, Mr. Quy said, because it is the top, rare, beautiful type and other reason is the size of the orchid pot. “For example,” Peking Beauty “tree, 1 kie costs 5 billion. For a 2m tall tree, you can make 50 kie, each 4cm long, multiply by 5 billion to get 250 billion. So, seeing people say that the pot is a few hundred billion dong, you have to hear that the pot is short or thick, many bodies or less, ”explained Professor Tran Duy Quy. In the 5-pointed white-winged mutant orchid, it is divided into the popular, medium, medium, high, high, and special types. The popular type has 5 Phu Tho white wings, 5 HO white wings, 5 Ha Tinh white wings, 5 deer-eyed white wings, 5 Lac Long Quan white wings, 5 Da Bac white wings, 5 Nghe An white wings, 5 Lam white wings marine. The more upscale part has Snow White, Plây-ku Eyes, Beauty of Binh Duong, Grasslands, Anonymous Beauty … High-end orchids Juliet, Ngoc Son, Vinh Khang, Great Butterfly. In particular, the top of the table is now the “Long Khanh Beauty” orchid that costs up to 40 billion VND / cm.

Indoor plants Ms. Phuong Anh is currently trading in ornamental plants in Dong Thap. With 11 years of experience in planting and taking care of, she understands very well and did not hesitate to advise customers on the combination of space decoration that is both beautiful and prosperous. Ms. Phuong Anh shared, indoor plants should choose plants with good meaning, filter the air, beautify, take shade, create luck, prosperity, prosperity, help you always. Feel comfortable, relax in your loved home. Ms. Phuong Anh suggested that plants should be planted such as: five packaging, ten thousand youth, betel nut, ivy, areca, ornamental banana, fortune, betel nut king, singapore eagle, gold coins, honeysuckle, emerald , rich and precious, rosemary, pineapple fragrant. Or cactus, tiger’s tongue shows endurance, strong vitality, ability to adapt to the environment and is also a symbol of a deep love. Beautiful ornamental flowers easy to grow According to Ms. Phuong Anh, among the beautiful ornamental flowers that are easy to grow, it is necessary to mention calendula flowers, desiccated coconut vegetables, Japanese cypress, million bells, ten o’clock. These are the wrong flowers and drooping. So it looks like a chandelier, making your garden and balcony more beautiful and fancy. In addition, orchids and roses are also favored by consumers for their unique beauty and diverse forms. In particular, orchid varieties have been interested and selected by many customers recently. Bonsai tree If you need a highlight for the house, bonsai is indispensable. Ms. Phuong Anh said that at first she did not care much about bonsai, because she did not know how to enjoy it and the price was very expensive. But when she heard sharing from the bonsai artists, and then learned more, she gradually realized its value. Ms. Phuong Anh emphasized: “The familiar bonsai around us look so trivial, but through the hands of artists, they” transform “into extremely beautiful and unique bonsai art works. meaning. In which, the shah shui, si tree, most chi mai, fir are the 4 most popular trees because in addition to its beauty, it also has feng-shui meaning for the homeowner ”. As for how to care, Phuong Anh said, taking care of ornamental plants is very simple, and also helps you relax. You just need to love them, then watering, keeping moisture, keeping the plants in the right light, pruning and fertilizing, preventing pests and diseases according to her instructions will make sure the plants will be green and healthy. Hopefully, with what Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Phuong Anh shared will help you choose the right ornamental flower plant, to bring luck, peace and your home’s space more renewal. To learn more about ornamental plants with Ms. Phuong Anh at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/phuc.sky.351

Applying the familiar “growing orchid on the roof” model of many mutant orchids, Mr. Ha Van Hai (Dong Luong Commune, Cam Khe, Phu Tho) builds a closed garden system made of iron frames with a total area of ​​about 60m2. The garden consists of 2 floors with a grid design on the roof that prevents insects from flying in and functions to shade the sun and reduce heat. The upper floor is to plant and store rare orchids with “huge” value, the lower floor is mainly for nursery of mutant orchids. Although the area is only 60m2, the value of this orchid garden is up to nearly 100 billion VND. Mr. Ha Van Hai – the owner of the garden said: He currently owns 200 mutant rolls with about 8 most precious and expensive orchid varieties on the market. Of which, about 20 sausages are worth more than 1 billion VND / roll; 4 – 5 rolls worth 5 billion VND / roll, the rest are rolls at average prices ranging from a few dozen to hundreds of million / roll. The value of the mutant orchid is valued by people in the world according to the rarity of the orchid variety. There are 3 main mutant lines on the market: Five white wings; Mutant pink and Bet line. Mr. Hai’s garden owns 2 mutant lines: 5 white wings, including: 5 white wings in Phu Tho; HO, 5 White Wings, White Snow and Red, mutated: Hong Yen Thuy; Hong My Nhan; Hong Xe; Hong Bong Lai; Hong Minh Chau … (In the photo is Hong Minh Chau) Some lines have great value such as: The Anonymous Beauty (5 – 6 billion VND / kie); Hong Bong Lai (1 billion VND / kie); 5 White Snow White Wings (300 – 400 million / kie) … In the photo is the flower of 5 white wings, Bach Tuyet, which has bloomed, is valued at about 7 billion VND. 5 white wings Snow White is rated by people in the world as the most advanced strain of var. Appearance features with beautiful cotton mold, neat eyes, 5 pure white wings, white nose, neat and beautiful lips. A preschool belonging to the line 5 White Wing White Tuyet is being valued at about 500 million VND. “In the orchid world, prestige is always on top, because players need a lot of time to accurately identify the origin and breed rare mutant orchids. However, many transactions usually take place as soon as the tree is small, even when it just sprout, someone asks to buy, we have to keep the “mother” orchid that bloomed to ensure the trust of customers, from delivery. translating a few tens of millions to several tens of billion dong ”- Mr. Ha Van Hai shared.

Netizens are feverish with the price of beautiful big orchids being sold for from 50,000 VND to 100,000 VND a bunch of 10 branches. According to the flower world, the price of Tran Mong orchid branches is as cheap as this has never been, so everyone is racing to buy and plug. The long, green and healthy orchids are very durable, and flower pots can be played for a month. Therefore, it is not expensive to spend 100,000 VND to 300,000 VND to play a vase of flowers for the whole month. Especially rarely play precious flowers, “flower regal”. The lovers of Cymbidium also share the story of the origin of the name of Tran Dream Cymbidium. “Legend has it that King Tran dreamed of seeing a strange orchid, very beautiful and very fragrant one night. When he woke up, the king was dumbfounded and dumb. advancing the king a pot of orchids like in a dream. That is since then, the precious orchid has been named Tran Mong orchid, ie the dream of King Tran. The Sapa cymbidium pots with hundreds of branches in previous years are always a commodity hunted by the flower world every New Year to Spring. The enchanting beauty of the human heart with long stretching graceful orchids, luxuriant bunches of leaves, brings a feeling of prosperity, warmth and regal. However, perhaps everyone is disillusioned to know that the real flower they are arranging is not the legendary Tran spread. Flower arranger Do Vy Anh shared: “This is not a dream Tran or a dream of King Tran anywhere. A dream ceiling is a flower that is a cocoon to the player, each pot is about 15/30 stems, but the price per stem ranges from 1-2 million depending on time. It is like LAN. fragrant, sword-shaped leaves, high vertical shower porch. The flowers are brown, tiny – with a gentle scent. And these branches of flowers are Hong Hoang Sapa, which traders call Sapa Tran Dreaming to make a profit. This flower is many times bigger than Tran Dream. The flower branches are bent but not as horizontal as other fragrant LANs “. Close-up photo of Tran dream orchid branches in the legend Three sepals of Tran dream orchid spread wide, two petals slightly upside down, covering the top of the pistil with often curved lips, color spots. Flower branches grow straight from the bottom up, not drooping like Sapa Hong Hoang Cymbidium. The Tran dream orchid is quite durable (from 10 to 30 days to die), the flower cluster looks like the starlight and especially the fragrance is extremely seductive. Tran Mong Cymbidium has a very special scent, anyone who has smelled it cannot forget the deep sweet, gentle fragrance that will remember life. The connoisseurs of playing Lan are attracted to Tran Mong orchid because of the taste of this flower. Many people are surprised by this fact. Because they only know the sellers say these flowers are Tran Mong orchids grown in Sapa, at the end of the season, the gardeners cut branches to nourish the trees, so they sell them at such a low price. On normal days, you can definitely not buy this orchid at that price. Moreover, whether it is Tran Mong orchid or Hong Hoang terraces, these flowers are still very fresh, very durable, commensurate with the money. “On a fine day like today, I suddenly learned that I cannot have a dream like King Tran but at least still have a beautiful vase. That is enough”; “Oh so I have to say for the florists to return the correct name to her, there is also a sharp color that has no fragrance. Do not let the flower lover disillusioned with the idea of ​​playing the regal flower”.

The orchid varieties, no matter how unique they are, cannot be confirmed that they are “mutant orchids”. Photo: internet. Orchids, the reason for having an amazing variety of designs, colors, and fragrances today is because it is the product of genetic mutations that have been around for thousands of years. Genetic mutations include mutation mutations and recombinant mutations. Mutant mutations can be genetic mutations (loss, addition, replacement of nucleotides pair) or chromosomal mutation (fragment, repetition, inversion, transition, polyploid). The cause of mutation is natural agents such as radiation, ultraviolet rays, heat shock, herbicides … Recombinant mutations are new combinations of genes that have been rearranged in the offspring to create New and different style compared to parents, grandparents, old grandparents. This is due to the independent dissociation, the cross-exchange of the chromosomes. For orchids and other pollen plants, insects (bees, butterflies) also contribute to diversity when pollinating from one plant to another, from one variety to another. Thanks to the genetic variation that they Lan Orchidaceae becoming one of the largest family of plants in the world, with about 28,000 natural species and 100,000 hybrid species; The number of species and genera of orchids has continuously increased over time (Vietnamese Wikipedia). According to the book Vietnamese orchids of Tran Hop (1998) our country has about 137-140 genera, including over 800 species of wild orchids. However, it is impossible to confirm that a certain orchid species detected or collected in the forest was created by mutation or recombination. Adding the tail “mutant spread” is arbitrary. Photo: internet. In fact, the majority of orchids in our country are collected from natural forests or imported for farming. In the country, there is no announcement about orchids created by mutation method. Flower Research Center – Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute, the leading flower agency has started to select and create new orchid varieties by crossbreeding and mutating, but the results are also new at the beginning. Therefore, someone lucky to discover a beautiful and rare orchid variety in the forest or accidentally bought a rare orchid branch at the Buoi market – Hanoi for example, they could give it a name, but adding the tail “mutant spread” is arbitrary. The question is why a group of people intentionally added the tail “mutant spread” and massively propagated and promoted, sold millions and billions of money per eye and bud, while still not knowing how beautiful the face of the flower was. have buyers? Because, there are many people who think or try to explain that the new “mutant orchid” is beautiful, strange, unique than an orchid variety due to hybrid “recombination” or “normal orchid” … tendon “mutation” has hit on the psychology of curiosity, lightheadedness, gullibility of ignorant people. In a nutshell, a series of “mutant orchid” varieties are being propagated and widely advertised, with tens and hundreds of billions of deals is unusual, absolutely no scientific and practical basis, only can say this is a bold game “cheats”. The sensational way of calling “mutation” has hit the curious, light-hearted, gullible mentality of ignorant people. Photo: internet. Actually, the law also has provisions to limit this situation. The Law on Crop Production in 2018 requires that new varieties must be disclosed (name, origin, difference …) before being circulated in the market, however this regulation will not take effect until 2022. In addition, the Intellectual Property Law 2009 stipulates to grant protection to owners of new orchid varieties, even if new varieties are searched, discovered in the forest or collected from orchid collections, if proven. The new variety that is truly different from other orchids has been widely known to the market. However, in order for the law to come to life, apart from the State need to pay more attention to the trees that we have long considered as “secondary”, when there is a market, it becomes “main”, the flower producers and traders. True orchids need to gather, expose the tricks of doing business that are dishonest, not transparent, to build a very promising orchid industry in our country.

At first, his orchid garden only had a few baskets, with a value from a few hundred thousand to several million. Each orchid is carefully selected and cared for by him. Because he does not have much experience in caring for orchids, Mr. Hai chooses easy-to-raise and easy-to-grow sausages to accumulate more experience. In the process, he also encountered many difficulties, having orchid rolls because he did not know how to care but was waterlogged, the tree has not grown yet. The family also advised him to leave, because orchids are difficult to raise, with high prices, to maintain his passion is not easy. However, his love for this flower has helped Duy Trong Hai overcome difficulties, he looks to people who have experience in the profession to learn, interact with his brothers in the flower love association and gradually find a way to raise orchids. healthy. The joy of successfully cultivating an orchid manually made Duy Trong Hai forget her previous hardships and more determined to pursue her passion. Up to the modern time, the orchid garden of Duy Trong Hai owner has collected many different strains of orchids such as: Orchids, 5 CT SH, 5 CT HD, 5 CT Thao Nguyen, Anonymous Beauty, Hong Phu Hoa, Hong Runner …. Each spring roll has its own beauty. There are pure sausages with flowers and brood leaves, others blooming in brilliantly beautiful bunches. Hundreds of colorful racing flowers adorn the garden of the young boss. Mr. Duy Trong Hai specially dedicated a large garden to grow orchids, the distance between the rolls is also carefully calculated by him so that the orchid grows well, not crowded or lack of light. When a guest comes to visit Mr. Hai’s house, he will wholeheartedly introduce clues to buy beautiful orchids and how to choose like orchid rolls. These are the experiences that he gathered after years of playing orchids and growing orchids. He advised orchid players not to buy trees with thin, short, broken roots. Most orchids in your garden have a healthy root system, this is the first factor to help orchids grow and live well. Sharing more about the meaning of each orchid in the garden, Mr. Duy Trong Hai happily said “There are rolls, I have to go to the forest, it takes a few days to bring back. But when I arrived, I found the orchid so beautiful, I was fascinated by the look, so I did not feel tired. When there are friends to “hunt” beautiful orchids, he offered to go along. Just one person confided in his passion and found a satisfactory orchid “. For Duy Trong Hai, he is always lucky because his relatives and family understand and support him to pursue the joy of growing orchids. At first, seeing that he spent a lot of money in pursuit of fun, his family was a bit afraid, but gradually found this joy more rewarding and made him happier, loving and caring for his family, so the whole family. no more objections. Mr. Hai confided, “Playing orchids is not just a hobby but also helps me to change myself.” When planting orchids, he learned to be patient, to care and to listen. When he talked to people with similar interests, he learned to inspire and become more sociable. Many people believe that playing orchids is burning money, not realistic, but when you have real love, you can feel the joy and values ​​that orchids bring. He believes that everyone has their own joy, just boldly pursue your passion, not too interested in social prejudices.

As an orchid enthusiast, Mr. Duy Trong Hai does not hesitate to spend time and money to research on this beautiful plant, from how to distinguish orchids, how to choose to care for spreads. star. Owner Duy Trong Hai shared “Many people play orchids, some people play a few pots to embellish the house, some people are more passionate then plant a garden with a variety of species. flower , so but Common point they are all love, the passion intended for this bonsai. For beautiful orchid pots, Orchids players must have certain knowledge of planting techniques and care for orchids to live healthy and flower beautifully ” Currently there are many different species of orchids, but beginners should choose orchids that are easy to grow, have high adaptability such as orchids, Dendrobium or Dendrobium. Growers can select orchid seeds extracted from large pots of orchids. When separating germs, use a knife that has been disinfected with alcohol and then lime on the cut on the stem to quickly heal the scar. Or if the player buys orchids that are fully developed, they should choose those with well-developed roots, big, strong trees, green leaves and free from pests and diseases. According to the owner Duy Trong Hai, terracotta pots with many openings will help orchids grow and absorb nutrients better. For the substrate, growers should choose those with high porosity, lightness and moisture-retaining ability such as coir, wood charcoal, peanut shell. For coconut fiber should be shredded and soaked for about 1 week to reduce salinity and tannins. Coconut shell and wood charcoal are cut into small pieces about 1x2x3 and then soaked, especially with coconut shells should soak in lime water to eliminate pathogens, after soaking wood charcoal, wash and dry. With new orchid pots, you should keep a cool place – a day to let the plants get used to the climatic conditions, but if the price in the pot shows signs of mold, you should replace the new pot immediately for the orchid. Use a pre-prepared orchid pot, add the substrate to the rule of large substrate, then put it on the bottom of the pot, followed by medium and small. Note that the amount of substrate in the pot is always 1-2 inches lower than the mouth of the pot. When planting, do not put the stump close to the perineum, making the roots more susceptible to waterlogging or not too shallow, making it difficult to absorb nutrients. On the face should be covered with a layer of coconut fiber or giant to keep the plants moist. Orchids are hygroscopic plants, so the habitat of orchids must always ensure humidity, light, ventilation, so that orchids can grow healthy. For players with a lot of land like Mr. Hai, it is advisable to do with a large scale, design the orchid and the surrounding frame with sturdy iron pipes, ensuring resistance to storms. Especially choose to plant near ponds, rivers, or places with good water sources so that the orchid’s habitat maintains moisture, and is cool. Conversely, if the player lives in an urban area, there is no garden to grow orchids, you can choose a balcony or terrace. Owner Duy Trong Hai shared more “Due to the influence of the design of concrete and corrugated iron roofs, the terrace is a place where a lot of sun and wind is concentrated, leading to easy wilting and drying of the orchid tree.” . Growers should add a mesh cover above and the direction of the sunset or maybe to add other pots around the orchid such as mulberry, laurel, which is both a shield for the orchid and more beautiful for the yard. upper. Growing and caring for orchids is an elegant pastime for these lovely tree lovers like Mr. Hai and millions of others. A beautiful orchid garden not only shows the tolerance and passion of the orchid grower, but also exudes the talent and skill of the owner. Owner Duy Trong Hai hopes that based on the orchid growing technique he shares, every orchid lover can own themselves healthy and beautiful orchid baskets.

According to the feng-shui concept, orchids will neutralize killing gas, bring spiritual aura, good things into the house and repel bad luck. With strong vitality, the ability to attract positive energies, a house of moth orchid is a symbol of luck, prosperity and brings wealth and fortune to the homeowner. Because of this meaning, businesses, business people, many households always choose to display orchids on holidays, Tet, and inauguration. Orchids are chosen by many people to display Tet. Increasingly, moth orchids are grown more popularly, with many beautiful and sharp colors; Proper watering can be played for one to several months, the price is not too expensive; suitable for many spaces … Therefore, over the past time, moth orchid has been favored by many families. Before the spring of Tan Suu in 2021, the market of moth orchid was quite exciting. “This year’s Tet market, people play the demand for moth orchids is very high. Garden houses are sold out every year near the end of the year, but so far they have sold almost all their gardens. Last year, the gardeners had 45,000 trees, this year increased production to nearly 80,000 trees, consumption faster than last year. The color of flowers, this is very richer than the garden color concentrating more than 20 colors such as yellow, red, purple, pink … ”- Mr. Ngo Minh Truong, owner of orchid garden in Thanh Oai district, Hanoi said. According to the home gardeners, this year due to the influence of the Covid-19 epidemic, the import of moth orchids from China is facing many difficulties, so the flower products are consumed faster than every year. The orchid pots with all kinds, colors and sizes are displayed for sale with an average price of a scallop orchid, priced from 250,000 to 300,000 VND / branch. Smallest flower pots with 3 branches cost 900,000 VND, small pots average 2-3 million VND, large size up to hundreds of million VND … Orchids are grown at home gardens in the direction of high technology. For many people, when life is more prosperous than ornamental plants and ornamental flowers such as kumquat, which are indispensable every Tet to spring, in recent years, many people choose to celebrate Tet. . Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Khoa, a resident of Ha Dong district, shared that last year, his family also displayed a pot of moth orchids, just once a day of watering, it could be played nearly 2 months. Displaying orchid pots makes the living room more bright and luxurious. For that reason, this year, his family continued to choose to buy moth orchids to play Tet: “The indoor display is very beautiful and graceful, I have come to the garden houses to book in advance. a month to choose beautiful orchid pots, like “. Phalaenopsis orchids in addition to their beautiful, durable and luxurious colors, but also have a meaning of peace and prosperity for the new year. Therefore, although this flower is expensive, it is still favored by consumers as gifts for relatives in Tet holiday.

Illustration: Dinh Huong Hue told Lich: “When I have a little capital, I will open a company, I will not work as hired labor, so I will see you every day.” Love is like that, people who always need to meet people every day like waking up every morning to see the sun throw brilliant golden rays of sunlight on the ground. But Hue’s work often takes long trips. When she arrived at home without Lich, Hue stuck multicolored sheets of paper on the door of his house. These words are like replacing Hue rabbits with Lich: “God, I have to go to work again today. So I can’t have lunch with you this Saturday. Kiss you”. “You’re spoiled. The other day I told you to go wherever you go, bring a raincoat to keep in the trunk of the car, but you don’t obey. Rain, when you are sick, whoever goes out to go to the market with me. I bought you a raincoat, I kept it in a place where … only the two of us know “. “In a place where only the two of us know” was an empty slot of the house’s two walls, covered with an old, green moss-colored concrete block. “Brother, I miss you so much today.” Sometimes the words on the paper are just that. But is it not necessary to write long enough to spread all your thoughts with your loved one? Sometimes just one word implies a heart leaning toward one heart. Or sometimes, on the other piece of paper just a mere word: “Angry”. The word angry is sometimes very pitiful because he has to endure the monsoons blowing on the street, when Lich has not read, the paper on the door has to turn up and down like hangover be removed, put into the anniversary box. *** Love each other for a month and 12 days, then they get married. All love after walking through the streets of the city, visiting all the sidewalk eateries, even sitting tired in cafes large and small – often end with two people together. about living in the same roof. Calendar laughed with Hue: “Let’s save some money together”. Hue laughed: “That means someone cleaning the house, cleaning the house, rubbing the cigarette butts you smoke, washing the clothes for you to wear, putting the curtains for you to sleep … right?” Calendar shakes his head: “I don’t mean that. I mean when I invite you to breakfast, I have you by my side. No need to call to ask if I have free time? ” Hue pouted: “Get married to have someone go to breakfast and coffee, but do you love me?”. Without answering his wife’s words, Lich just whispered: “Probably no one has stuck the red and green papers in front of my door from now on” … Then Hue opened a real company. Many things learned from the old company, when being assigned to the position of assistant director, helped Hue to have many business partners. Hue is an experienced person in communication, capturing the thoughts of guests. On the day of the company’s opening ceremony Hue, flowers congratulate a lot. In the afternoon of his wife, Lich also sent his wife a huge flower basket with 100 roses. Calendar said: “I should only send 99 roses as in some piece of music. But now you and I are husband and wife, so you have to even count ”. Hue put on her lips with a gloss of lip gloss, sprinkled some pretty glitter, kissed her husband’s cheek: “Thank you. Thank you, General Manager ”. The calendar looked in the mirror, saw that his wife’s lipstick was on her cheeks, and was also happy: “Come on, make me the general manager so that tomorrow I will make you surrender, right?” Hue laughed loudly: “That’s right”. *** The multicolored sheets of paper with a corner of a flower no longer appeared on the door, now hastily written words on the letter pad left at the table in the living room. Hue’s work increasingly attracted Hue away from her role as a wife. In the past, when two people fell in love, Lich once said: “I really crave family meals. Just sitting with you to eat, even if you just eat water spinach dipped in fish sauce, I will feel delicious ”. Hue laughed very happily: “What can I do to let me eat water spinach dipped in fish sauce? I will let you eat stir-fried morning glory with garlic and chili sauce “. The days when two people meet each other are rare, meals together are rarer. Every time I go home in the afternoon, Lich often sees the words Hue written. “Bro, I have stocked meat, I also keep raw vegetables in the fridge. You can just eat rice by yourself. Today I have to receive guests. Have a good meal.” “Today is Grandpa’s death, isn’t it. I kept the money in the envelope. You brought it over to your house, saying I’m sorry for so much work.” “I have to go on an unexpected business trip for a few days. Don’t be sad, honey “. Sometimes, if he wanted to say something to his wife, Lich also had to write quickly on a piece of paper: “Are you not afraid that you forgot me, your wife? You stay at home alone, eating alone like a man. he is single, boring “. “What, I call you for an hour. You keep writing on the desk like in the old days?”. “Next week, my agency organized to go to Da Lat. Try to arrange it. It has been a long time since we went out together.” Then very when angry, he wrote in large letters: “I LOOK SO MUCH. I LIKES YOU”. Hue answered her husband with the words: “I also miss you very much. Lately I’m a little busy, I sympathize with you”. Just like that, the handwritten papers of Hue and Lich have become thicker than ever without Hue’s knowledge. Until one afternoon, after a week of market research. Hue came home. Hue plans to spend a week with Lich, the couple will have an outing such as Ha Long Bay. Hue figured how happy Lich would be. He would embrace Hue and shout: “Yes, it has been a long time since I went out”. But the door to the house is closed even after work is over. Hue was surprised and did not understand that Lich was going to hang out at the inn with friends? Because Calendar almost does not have that habit. Suddenly Hue was startled when she entered the house. On the wall of the living room are pictures of Hue written for Lich. There are many colored sheets of paper from the time the two fell in love and also sheets of paper when the two were married. The calendar writes a large line of letters with a black brush: “I’m so sad. I’m going to drink.” The sheets were removed by Hue and put back in the box. Hue quickly dressed, drove the car into the dark. Hue went to find Calendar. Hue did not want everything to become too late, if she let Lich not return with her today. In the house with husband and wife. Short story by Phan Thi Tan

Ms. Bui Thi Binh, a focal point selling rice orchids in Tuyen Quang, said that she caught up with the trend of playing wild flowers, so two weeks ago, she started selling this forest flower. According to Ms. Binh, rice orchid is a type of flower that grows in many mountainous areas or in the forest. In the countryside, they often grow around the edge of the pond. Even branches are tall, overcrowded, and many houses have to be cut down to make it airy. However, in recent times, this flower has become extremely expensive and is welcomed by many women. Rice orchids – forest flowers are pouring into Hanoi in recent days Every day, she has to collect from people to cut branches in forests, bushes, mountainous areas to sell. But depending on each day, there are days when the weather is nice, people can cut a lot, and it rains almost no. Flowers are cut wherever they are bundled to deliver to guests in the provinces: Hanoi, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh … all clean up there. “I poured wholesale from 10 bundles for 180,000 VND / bundle (10 branches). Most customers get from 20-40 bundles. There was a blooming session, I sold up to 2,000 branches but still lacked a form to return customers, so I made an appointment to begging for the next round, ”she said. Similarly, Ms. Tran Tra Giang, a flower sales hub in Au Co (Tay Ho, Hanoi) also admitted, on this occasion, rice orchids are quite “hot”, so taking advantage of the flowers in season, everyone wants to own one. pot of rice orchid plugged in the house. Because this flower is only available for about a month, from March to April is all. This flower has a scent like the smell of herbs, pleasant cool, like the smell of forest galangal. The flowers are pinkish white like a pearl, and the wrong branches are plumping like a grain of rice, representing fullness. When blooming, the flowers have a very vibrant red-yellow color, so they are favored by many women. Because they look very similar to rice cotton, traders call them rice orchids This flower buds white pink, when blooming flowers will be yellow Currently, she retails for 240,000 VND / bundle (10 branches). Where the customers order, she gathered them there to freshen them. Calculated that every day she sold 200-300 branches of rice orchids, many days also sold 400-500 branches. Not only visitors from the North, many in the South like in the city. Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, Thanh Hoa, … are also very curious, love this flower. You have to pack the transfer boxes by plane for everyone. Ms. Thu Huong – owner of a flower shop in Nguyen Tuan (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) – said, compared to other flowers, rice orchids are quite durable, can be played for 14-20 days depending on each person. Each flower is 80-100cm long, suitable for large jars of water hyacinths or jars. This type of flower usually grows in the Northern mountainous areas such as Tuyen Quang, Hoa Binh, Yen Bai … Therefore, people have to work very hard to cut beautiful and satisfied branches to sell. Accordingly, it is necessary to choose branches with even leaves, not torn, and flowers in equal clusters. Lan rice is currently quite expensive, but still attracts customers to buy and play “The price of rice orchids fluctuates 250,000-300,000 VND / bunch depending on each day, tens of times more expensive than many other flowers such as roses, chrysanthemums, … However, the goods come back as much as possible, many days. My goods are in a out of stock condition, “she said. Just finished setting up a vase of rice orchids, Ms. Dang Thi Thu Ha from Nghia Tan (Cau Giay, Hanoi) shared: “It’s been a while since I saw the kind of childhood flowers, so recently, on the” online market “, flowers are sold out. Rice orchids I bought 10 branches to play for strangers ”. Ms. Ha said that when she was a child, her mother often picked these leaves and bathed them so that they could scent, even growing into dust for no one to take. But now it turns out to be expensive, having to book 2-3 days in advance to get it.

100% imported ornamental plants Hidden behind green vegetable farms in Xuan Thoi Son commune (Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City), the unique bonsai garden of artist Le Thanh Tam made visitors go from surprise to surprise. The 1-hectare garden is covered by Mr. Tam with countless kinds of poisonous and strange bonsai, almost none in Vietnam. Mr. Tam asserted that 100% of the plants here are collected and imported from many countries around the world. Ornamental garden with 100% plants imported from abroad. In order to have a garden containing thousands of different kinds of ornamental plants, Mr. Tam does not regret his efforts and money to continuously go abroad to collect for many years. One of the valuable monstera trees in Mr. Tam’s ornamental garden. “Before, when there was no outbreak of Covid-19, I went abroad almost every month to listen to the world’s bonsai forums and exhibitions. From these exhibitions, I have grasped information about popular and rare plants … From there, I selected and brought trees to Vietnam to plant and care for, ”he added. Mr. Tam introduced valuable leaf ornamental plants collected and imported from Thailand. Most of the poisonous and exotic plants he owns are imported from Taiwan and Thailand because these two countries have a climate similar to that of Vietnam, trees are easy to grow and grow. The new species that are popular today, he said, are almost not found in nature, but created from US biotechnology. After imported from abroad, this rare species of blood lure was “Vietnameseized” by the name of Hong Phat fortune. “So they are very unique, strange, and favored by the players. When buying, we are protected by tree copyright. These plants can not be crossbreed, cannot transplant tissues, so they are extremely rare “, Mr. Tam said. Before becoming one of the “tycoons” of ornamental leaves, owning monstera species, Mr. Tam was the “king” of South American colored pineapples and imported air trees. Air plants are abundant in countries around the world. However, in Vietnam, this species is only found in the garden of Mr. Tam. They were spread on plastic blisters, hung on a truss in the garden. Mr. Tam combines ornamental types with driftwood to create lively and artistic miniatures. He also owns a very large collection of South American colored pineapples in various colors and sizes. In the garden, the South American colored pineapples of Mr. Tam concentrated into a large area. From a distance, they are like a carpet stretching with red, orange, yellow, pink, blue … Tame international ornamental plants In his garden, rare and mutant ornamental leaf species are sold from a few million to several tens of million dong / leaf such as: Monstera victory, Pinatum … Currently, these plants are grown, growing well in self course in the garden. The path around driftwood covered with moss, ferns, and pineapples makes visitors feel lost in a dense forest. About playing ornamental leaves, Mr. Tam is known as a collector, playing this bonsai first in Ho Chi Minh City. Currently, many other gardeners have to come to him to learn from experience, buy ornamental leaves. He said: “Plants here have all the elements: Rare, beautiful, clean and safe. Rarely because they are the plants I selected, imported from abroad. A rare collection of imported air plants in Vietnam. “They are all grown with all kinds of substrates, do not need land, do not use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, so they are very clean and safe,” he added. In order to ensure the cleanliness of ornamental plants in the garden, he learned how to design and arrange ornamental gardens from international friends. The “gathering” area of ​​imported ferns. He did not place his bonsai pots directly on the ground, but designed trusses and pedestals to contain plants. These trusses are covered with black plastic mesh sheets. Such plastic sheets must also be imported from Taiwan with prices that are not cheap, he said. On these trusses, he arranged ornamental plants of the same species close together to form separate zones. The largest and unique collection of South American colored pineapples in Ho Chi Minh City. In particular, he surprised viewers by creating extremely vivid miniatures by combining ornamental plants with driftwood. Here, visitors feel lost in the jungle with driftwood covered with green moss, imported ferns … A South American colored pineapple that gives flowers very strange and beautiful. Above these wooden stumps are many kinds of betel leaves worth a few million to several tens of million dong / leaf, Taiwanese orchid, South American pineapple, air tree … Mr. Tam said, he always innovated bonsai plants in the garden to keep up with and catch up with the tastes of domestic players. Therefore, he also focused on taming foreign ornamental plants, making many strange plants become familiar, close to domestic players by renaming them. The betel and phoenix tree helped him win a gold medal in the spring flower festival in Ho Chi Minh City. “The plants I collect from abroad have scientific names. However, back to Vietnam, I changed or named them based on the characteristics of the tree to closely match such as: Hong prosperity, large-leaf betel nut, diamond wealth, noble eagle, rich rhubarb, and Gia, Tung golden … “, Mr. Tam introduced. Possessing a variety of rare and precious ornamental plants every year, he participates in the spring flower festival and wins high prizes. Recently, Ho Chi Minh City Spring Flower Festival, he also won a gold medal in the category of unique and rare bonsai with phoenix and betel tree. A rare and precious Osaka tree, only available in Mr. Tam’s garden. This tree was imported from Thailand by him. In particular, Mr. Tam was awarded a certificate of merit by the Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City for his outstanding achievements in the subject of leaf decoration. Posts, photos, clips: Nguyen Son

However, the mutant non-phytoplankton propagated by tissue culture method is surprisingly cheap.

More than 6,000 VND a mutant orchid 5 white wings Phu Tho

Recorded in forums, groups on social networks, some people are selling mutant orchids seeding and tissue transplanting.

For example, the 5 white Phu Tho, 5 white Hien Oanh mutant orchids, on the market, sell for 1.5-4 million VND / cm, these two plants are still produced by tissue culture method, which costs 160,000. -800,000 VND / bottle, depending on the number of trees.

Mr. Hai Phan, specializing in selling mutant orchids transplanting tissue in Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City, said that his shop has all kinds of mutant non-scallop orchids such as 5 white Phu Tho wings, 5 white Hien Oanh wings, 5 wings. White Peace …

In particular, the 5 white Phu Tho and 5 white Hien Oanh wings are the most popular mutant orchids on the market with a price of 160,000 VND / bottle of 20-25 trees, which is just over 6,000 VND / tree.

All samples of the baby mutant orchid plants were grown in cold rooms. Photo: Vu Cong.

“Plants, taking care of 2 years, will flower, commit to producing the right type of 5 white petals,” he said and explained that propagation by mass transplanting method should be cheap compared to the kie market. Small quantity should be expensive.

The owner of this shop also said that he is the one who implants that mutant spread tissue. “Transplanted mutant orchid plants will produce flowers similar to kie types, but will have slight variation, which means accuracy from 90-95%”, Mr. Phan shared.

Similarly, Mr. Vu Cong (Thu Dau Mot, Binh Duong) also sells mutant orchids of various types such as: 5 white Hien Oanh wings, 5 Phu Tho white wings, 5 Minh Vu white wings, Hong beauty, Hong Yen aquatic products … with prices from 800,000 to 1.2 million VND / bottle of 25-30 trees.

In addition, he also sells seedlings with a price of 250,000 VND / bottle per 40 trees, buying over 50 bottles will have a wholesale price. “If you take care of it quickly, it takes about 6-8 months to flower, and the tissue transplant method must take 1-1.5 years,” said Cong, who is more expensive because of the high technical requirements and the probability of flowering like the mother plant is also higher. This type he has just tested for more than a year but has no results, is expected to flower later this year.

Currently, each month he provides to the market about 200-300 bottles of tissue transplant mutant spreading. “I sell to customers but do not warrant flowers for anyone because I am not sure”, added Mr. Cong.

Not only that, on e-commerce sites such as Lazada, Sendo … also sell mutant orchids sowing seeds or transplanted mutant orchids with prices from 70,000-500,000 VND, depending on type.

It is possible to mass transplant tissues to spread billions of mutants

At the Institute of Vegetable and Fruit (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) is also propagating thousands of mutant non-scallop orchids by tissue culture method.

Exchange with Zing, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Dang Van Dong, Deputy Director of the Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute, confirmed that mutant non-scallop orchids can be fully propagated by tissue culture method in large numbers.

According to this PGS, today many crops including mutant orchids can be created artificially (through physical and chemical agents) and when there are “mutant orchids”. in the true sense, with genetic stability, it is completely possible to asexual propagation (by cuttings or improved tissue culture).

A complete tissue culture (in the laboratory) process takes at least 10-12 months. Photo: Hai Phan.

Cuttings are easier to do, but the propagation coefficient is slower, while cell culture (also essentially cuttings in the optimal environment and conditions) requires high technology, large initial investment, but The multiplication coefficient is high, the quality of the plant is better.

“Both of these two methods retain the genetic properties of the mother plant and after a year can multiply thousands of seedlings,” he confirmed.

In addition, this Associate Professor said that the Fruit and Vegetable Research Institute has been multiplying thousands of mutant non-scallop seedlings with kie ordered by a customer. “The price of these seedlings is just equivalent to other normal orchids”, the expert information.

“As a biologist, scientific research on flowers in general about orchids in particular, I myself do not understand why ‘mutant orchids’ are not so terrible, they can be propagated in large numbers. but it is so expensive, “he added.

Faced with the fact that many people were deceived when buying the billion, Associate Professor, Dr. Dang Van Dong recommended that before buying, selling, and exchanging consumers, they should consider, learn carefully, and ask the seller to have a guarantee contract. closely seeded to avoid any unfortunate occurrence. At the same time, the seller needs to make commitments to ensure the right varieties and quality, including guidance for the buyers on planting and care techniques for such orchids.