The giant lotus flower, with up to 1,000 petals, suddenly caused a fever on the ‘internet market’, and was bought by many women even though they were quite expensive.
In our country, the lotus is a familiar flower, grown popularly in all regions. Summer is the most blooming lotus season. So, in these days, people often see wagons filled with brilliant pink lotus flowers or pristine white lotus flowers with a gentle scent sold throughout the streets, markets …
So, at this time in 2019, the world of lotus lovers stirred when the image appeared on social networks of a type of lotus planted in a giant flower pot. In particular, this flower not only has a few petals or 100 petals like a traditional lotus, but has up to 1,000 petals. At that time, the lotus variety caused fever and was planted by many people. A lotus seed of a thousand petals has a price ranging from 400,000 to 500,000 VND, and a lotus pot of this type costs up to a million VND. A few years ago, the lotus flower with thousand petals was introduced to Vietnam, planted by flower lovers as ornamental flowers (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) At this time, instead of selling plants or bulbs, on the “internet market”, many people sell flower cut flowers like other traditional lotus. However, the price of a thousand-petaled lotus is quite expensive, up to 150,000-200,000 VND / 5 flowers, 5-7 times more expensive than ordinary lotus depending on type. Not to mention, people who love this type of lotus still have to “lay bricks” for 4-7 days to have them. Even in bad weather, you have to order about 2 weeks in advance. Ms. Doan Thi Thanh Huong from Vuong Thua Vu (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) admitted, in order to buy 5 thousand-petaled lotus, she had to search all over the sale of fresh flowers on the “online market”. If you can find a sale, you have to go to a 3rd seller to order because the number of customers is too much, while the flower is limited. Therefore, she had to wait exactly a week to receive the lotus flowers. Flowers are quite expensive, she has to spend 200,000 VND to buy 5 flowers. But when you receive the goods, you are very satisfied. The lotus is in beautiful color, plugged into the vase. Up to now, the flower is still fresh and blooming on the 4th day. In particular, they have a very pleasant aroma. On this occasion, a thousand petals lotus is planted to cut flowers like ordinary lotus (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) This lotus type has large outer layers, inside there are many small layers (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) On the forums of the love of fresh flowers, netizens are searching for the address to sell thousands of petals to buy and plug. Because, this type of lotus appeared in our country for a few years now, but rarely has new flowers sold like this occasion. Talk to PV. VietNamNet, Ms. Truong Dieu Anh – the focal point selling fresh flowers in Ha Dong (Hanoi) – said that this year is the second year she sells thousand petals, but the supply of this kind of lotus is still quite rare in the market. According to Anh, in the past, flower lovers often had to buy tubers for planting. However, in recent years, gardeners have started to import Thailand’s thousand-petaled lotus seeds to plant to cut cotton for sale. She is importing a thousand petals from a lagoon in Nghe An. “Actually selling fresh flowers is just a part-time job. However, I always choose to sell exotic and beautiful flowers. The same is true of the thousand petals. To find a supply source, it took me quite a long time to find out that the lagoon growing this kind of lotus cut flowers to sell, ”she said. She also said, the dresser reporter flower output this year will be more. However, it will take two more weeks to start flowering. At that time, the amount of cut cotton will be available for retail and wholesale. At this time, the volume of goods is still quite modest, there are only 2 flights a week, customers who want to buy must book 3-5 days in advance. As the first phase, the quantity is only 30-60 flowers, and when it is blooming, it can cut about 100-150 cotton / day. In fact, how much or less cotton can cut depends on the weather. Because, if there is heavy rain, the lotus leaves wings, spoils all flowers and has to wait for the next batch. On the “online market”, the lotus is sold at a fairly expensive price (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) This flower is causing fever, many people buy and buy to play (photo: Truong Dieu Anh) Last year, the output was low, there was a period of heavy rain that affected lotus, customers who ordered flowers had to wait 1-2 weeks before she could return the goods, she shared. Ms. Luong Thi Thuy, owner of a fresh flower shop in Truong Dinh (Hoang Mai, Hanoi), added that this occasion just started the blooming lotus season so customers had to wait quite a long time. Like yesterday, she sold the first thousand petals. The number of cut-houses is estimated at only a few dozen flowers, but the number of lotus guests is set up to 250. Therefore, she has to arrange in order, the customer pre-order is delivered first. The rest of the guests are paid flowers in the next installments. However, with as much order as yesterday, she estimates that it takes about 2 weeks to pay all her orders. Mr. Dang Hoang Hiep in Quang Nam – one of the first people to successfully plant the thousand-petaled lotus in Vietnam – previously said that the thousand-petaled lotus has the feature of branches about 1.6m high, the diameter of the leaves equal to one arm span people. The flower is as big as an adult hand when it blooms. The outer layers are as large as ordinary lotus, the rest are countless layers of small oval petals arranged in dense inside, if you sit and count, each flower usually has 800-1,000 petals. It took 3 weeks from the time the bud started to bloom until it died.
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