This lotus lagoon is located about 14 km from the center of Hanoi. Coming here, visitors will be surprised to see hundreds of types of lotus flowers and water lilies blooming… Located at lane 234 Ngo Xuan Quang, Trau Quy town, Gia Lam district, this is the Center for experiment, research and development of lotus genetic resources managed by Mr. La Tien Hiep (pictured). Center under the Vietnam Academy of Agriculture. The center was established for the purpose of researching, conserving, breeding, and developing lotus varieties in Vietnam and around the world, and developing the Vietnamese lotus brand. (Photo: Trung Hieu) The lotus pond is about 7.7 hectares wide, which is the place where the most lotus species are grown in Vietnam today, said Hiep, who has many years of lotus research. Here, we are researching and breeding new varieties of lotus that have many advantages such as keeping the fragrance longer, having a variety of rich colors, and being able to grow in harsh weather conditions in the North. (Photo: Trung Hieu) This is also a place for everyone, from the people to the students of the Agricultural Academy, to visit and learn about different types of lotus… (Photo: Trung Hieu) La Tien Hiep said, the Center was established in June 2019. After 2 years of development, the Center currently has 167 species of lotus. (Photo: Trung Hieu) Here are planting and conserving precious lotus species of Vietnam and the world, from famous lotus varieties of localities in the country such as Hue, Dong Thap, Cu Chi… to lotus species from China and some countries. Asia, Australia… (Photo: Trung Hieu) The center provides to the market 8 species of lotus such as blood lotus, white lotus, white rose bordered … with thousands of flowers sold every day to serve the needs of people to play flowers, arrange flowers, enjoy lotus tea of ​​people. People in the capital – Mr. Hiep said. (Photo: Trung Hieu) The lotus pond is open to visitors to visit and learn about lotus. Many people in the capital come here to see and take pictures at the lotus pond at the weekend. However, at this time, visitors must ensure the 5K request from the Ministry of Health to be allowed to visit and take photos. (Photo: Trung Hieu) Because the lotus dress is wide and airy, ensuring a good distance, women can comfortably relax and pose on the lotus side. (Photo: Trung Hieu) Hanoi in the early summer days of June is hot, but when coming here, dropping into the vast space of lotus ponds will make visitors excited. (Photo: Trung Hieu) A female tourist is passionately enjoying the pure scent of white lotus. (Photo: Trung Hieu) Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Huong from Ha Dong, Hanoi said that the lotus pond left her with many beautiful memories… (Photo: Trung Hieu)

May is the month when the lotus begins. Usually in the middle of May, the first lotus flowers appear. The lotus season lasts about 2 months, so everyone wants to buy a few pots to enjoy before the season ends. However, buying a lotus vase that blooms fragrantly is not easy because there is a flower very similar to a lotus but not a lotus that is often mixed by sellers to trick buyers. Has anyone ever had to kneel and how did it feel at that time, especially when buying a lotus flower to plug in but when taking pictures to show off Facebook, friends were “dumped with cold water” that it was kneeling, not lotus, waiting forever for flowers not bloom. The ‘lotus’ flowers are only forever 17 years old, then wilt and collapse. Why do people buy lotus flowers by mistake? According to the experience of Ms. Vinh Quyen (Hanoi) said: Because kneeling looks a lot like lotus from leaves, stems, and flowers, many people cannot distinguish it. The only difference is that the lotus will bloom and smell nice, and the kneeling will basically not bloom, if it does, it won’t be fragrant. The price of kneeling is much cheaper than lotus, so sellers can mix lotus with kneeling and sell at lotus price. Because of her experience in buying lotus, Ms. Quyen warned: Normally, a bunch of peddlers often mix 50/50 unscrupulous buyers will be deceived. The truth between lotus and kneeling is only the seller who understands the best, and if the buyer is not familiar, of course buys kneeling to become a lotus. Here are Vinh Quyen’s lotus tips to help you choose the right one you want to buy. How to distinguish between lotus and kneeling The anemone flower (left) is dark pink, the buds are longer and more pointed than the lotus flower (right). Color: The lotus will be bright pink, the old people often say that the lotus petals are pink. Litchi dark pink slightly dark. Cotton: The lotus flower is longer and larger than the anemone flower. The cotton head is usually more blunt, seeing the lotus head is often slightly ajar, slightly separating is to see the small inner layer. Kneeling cotton is pointed, without an inner layer, so it is difficult to separate the wings. Lotus blooms and then falls while kneeling in reverse. When buying, hold the flower bouquet and shake it gently, if the petals fall out, you will kneel. Dear: The stem of the lotus plant is straighter, less thorny, the flower stalk is small, when scratched by thorns, it is not as painful as anemone flower. Anemone flower has a rough body, larger than a lotus, with more thorns, so the pickers must wear long clothes when wading into the lagoon to avoid scratching their skin. Incense: The lotus wings are very fragrant, the cloves are not fragrant. Should hold a bunch of lotus flowers to smell the scent, but not kneeling. When it blooms, the lotus is fragrant. When kneeling, it has a pungent aroma. Wing flower: Lotus is thicker than kneeling because lotus has many layers of wings, arranged in descending order while kneeling has only one layer. So one of the tips when buying is to gently squeeze the flower’s head with your hand and see if it’s a bit spongy, it’s probably lotus. Alternatively, slightly separate the cotton head and see if there is a smaller lotus inside and especially with a strong aroma, it is indeed a lotus and vice versa. Lotus leaf: The underside is smooth and hairless, so we use sticky rice and nuggets. Leaves kneeling backwards. Lotus leaves also have a characteristic aroma, not kneeling. When should you buy lotus? Quyen said the best time to buy lotus is in the morning, when the lotus has just been picked. When you get home, don’t plug it right into the vase, but take a bucket of water, put some ice in it, and then plug the lotus bunch into the flower stalk for 4-5 hours for the lotus stem to hydrate and then plug. Lotus leaves, lotus bud, lotus calyx also do the same.

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.

The meaning of the hyacinth Hyacinth is also known as Japanese water hyacinth, because it was imported from South America and brought back by the Japanese. It is called a hyacinth because the leaf stalk swells up to look like a vase, the leaves are rolled together like petals. Purple hyacinth means a strong and strong vitality, even though it is overwhelmed by the rain and wind, by flowing water, but the tree is still green and still blooming purple and stretching out to welcome the bright sunshine. How to arrange hyacinth flowers Hyacinth is certainly no stranger to the 8X generation. People often consider this plant “as cheap as duck” only to make food for livestock and poultry or to make flower arrangements. To Thao, hyacinth is a very special flower, it makes her fascinated and most attracted ever. Ms. Pham Thao shared: “I did not expect water hyacinth to have such a gentle and fragile beauty. With its light purple color, fragile petals, the water hyacinth has a strange charm! Each flower plant has many flowers forming a cluster of flowers. Each flower has 6 petals, but only 1 inside is dark purple and a yellow dot looks like a peacock’s fur eye! Very special!” The flower is extremely fragile and easy to crush, so care should be taken when picking and arranging. The 8x girl shared, in order to keep the hyacinth beautiful during the flower playing time, she had 4 days to experience and learn from her experience. Because the hyacinth flowers are fragile, they are very fresh under the pond, but when picked, if not careful, the flowers are easy to crush! Therefore, how to bring flowers home with little crushing is the most difficult thing. In order to preserve the flowers from being crushed and fresh, Ms. Thao said: Do not pick each flower separately, but leave the whole plant, remove the roots and the old leaves outside. Should be placed in a bucket or pot, limit flower contact with flowers because so the wings are easy to crush. In terms of plugging, because herbaceous hyacinths live on the water surface, so much water is needed. When plugging, you should choose a wide-mouthed vase to limit flower contact with flowers. Due to the unstable characteristics of the water hyacinth, you should try to cherish it little by little so that the flowers do not wilt and crush, and the flowers can be played from morning until late at night. Although playing time is little, but watching the beautiful flowers all day for Mrs. Thao is also extremely enjoyable! Invite you to watch the lovely hyacinth flower pots created by the skillful hand of Mrs. Thao: The purple color of wildflowers brightens the corner of the room