In Hanoi, the orchid hobby is loved by many people for many different reasons and the number of orchids in Hanoi has also increased a lot for different purposes. If you are traveling in Hanoi and are interested in this flower, please read our article, it will contain the information you need to know.

Specific concepts about orchids

Hanoi people enjoy playing orchids

Orchids are a species of flowering plant, they belong to the Asparagus order, a class of monocotyledonous plants. This plant is distributed and developed in many parts of the world through transplantation and cross-breeding, causing the number and new orchid varieties to always appear and be recorded. To date, people have recognized nearly 800 genera and there may be up to 25,000 species of orchids in the world, four times the number of mammal species and twice the number of bird species.

Orchids are distributed almost everywhere in the world except deserts and oceans, the majority of orchids are found in tropical areas such as Asia, Central Africa and South America, they are attached plants, so they are often seen hanging from other large plants. The shape of the leaves varies greatly, from orchids with succulent leaves to thin-leaved ones. Outside there are 6 petals, of which the 3 outermost petals are 3 sepals, usually of the same color and size.

The popularity of orchids in Hanoi

Orchids in Hanoi

Because of its unique beauty, diversity as well as high economic value, orchids are extremely passionate and considered by many people to be the standard of wealth and elegance, there are many people who have been and are Want to own their own basket of orchids. Currently in Hanoi, the hobby of orchids has emerged massively and is extremely exciting, although the city has little free land and many apartment buildings and high-rise buildings, but in the balconies In that cramped space, baskets of orchids are still hung up and cared for with love every day, proving the strong love and passion of Hanoians for this plant.

Clubs and groups for orchid enthusiasts have also been formed and developed in Hanoi. Every early morning or weekend, they gather together in the orchid garden, then look together and enjoy it, praise, some people even spend money to buy flowers to take home. These seemingly simple activities are the joy and love of many people, making orchids more important and special.

Because the economic value can be said to be high and huge, there are many orchid farms built in Hanoi with two purposes, the first is to make a profit from this expensive plant. Second, it is to serve as a bridge for people who are passionate about orchids to have access to orchids with many different prices and beauty. So even though they have been around for a long time, orchid farms still grow steadily and have stable revenue in the capital.

However, because of the extremely high economic value, many people have taken advantage to breed new orchids or fake orchids to push up the prices of these orchids to the sky, causing many Many people to be tricked into buying orchids of poor quality and unknown origin. This is clearly a fraudule

nt act that needs to be strictly handled to ensure the rights of orchid players in Hanoi.

Why are orchids expensive?

The popularity of orchids in Hanoi

In Hanoi today, there are many individuals, businesses, and orchid farm owners selling orchids at extremely high prices, from several tens of millions to several hundred, even billions of Vietnamese dong, but most some of these high-priced orchid varieties are often newly bred orchid lines, with changes in DNA structure and genes. So why are mutant orchids in Hanoi so expensive?

Unique and rare

Golden orchids in Hanoi

This is the first and biggest plus point for the mutant orchid line as well as the factor that can push up the price for this plant line in the Hanoi market. Beautiful mutant orchids must go through the hands of orchid artisans with many years of experience, using advanced, difficult-to-implement transplanting and breeding techniques and techniques to be able to create orchid lines beautiful and unique mutation, that’s why the price you have to spend to own this mutant orchid line is proportional to the effort that the creators of this orchid line put in, extremely expensive.

Mutation and genetics are unique

Mutant orchid with 5 white petals

The genetic characteristics that mutant orchids have must go through the process of processing the mother plant to be able to produce them, but the special point is that the mutant orchids can possess these mutations, genetic structures that even the mother plant does not have, along with an extremely low success rate, so the price of mutant orchids also has support to have a very high price.

Attractive, unique beauty

The charming and unique beauty of orchids

Unlike normal orchids on the market or in the wild, which always have a certain color and beauty that can be said to be not too outstanding, on the contrary, mutant orchids always have a unique beauty and can be said to be a visual explosion as well as extremely diverse. The beauty of mutant orchids is always a mystery that even the breeder cannot know what color it will produce, so this is also one of the reasons why mutant orchids are so popular among lovers leading to high selling prices.

It is a way to affirm wealth

Hanoi’s Orchids

Many families in Hanoi choose to play with orchids to implicitly affirm their wealth, because the price of orchids is extremely high, so buying a few baskets of orchids to hang in the yard is also a way to show others that their family’s finances are rich enough to own expensive items. So that’s why they don’t hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy mutant orchids.

Fraud and price gouging

Beautiful little baskets of orchids

One unfortunate reason why the price of orchids becomes even more huge is because of scammers, they will charge a very high price for any orchid species along with offering wonderful advantages but not real for those orchids, then naive orchid buyers will believe and spend large amounts of money to buy, and then receive disappointment and distrust in today’s orchid growing profession.

It can be said that there are many reasons why orchids become extremely expensive, there can be legitimate reasons as well as unacceptable reasons. As a smart orchid hobbyist, you should research carefully to know whether the money you spend on this precious plant is worth it or not.

Detailed instructions on how to plant and care for orchids

Orchids in Hanoi

Choose the orchid variety you want to grow

Orchid varieties

The step of choosing an orchid variety is extremely important, it determines what color the orchid will produce and whether it suits the grower’s wishes or not. In Vietnam, there are currently more than 800 species of orchids, so you can freely choose the orchid strains that suit you. In addition, you can choose orchids depending on the blooming season and blooming time.

If you want orchids to bloom in the spring, we encourage you to choose orchids such as Cymbidium, Dendrobium, etc. If you want to use orchids that bloom in the summer, orchids like Stanhopea are the top choice. There are some typical orchid varieties that bloom in the fall such as Paphiopedilum and there are also some orchid varieties that bloom all year round at any time such as Phalaenopsis, Cattleya, Epica, Brassavola nodosa, Epidendrum ibaguense or Epidendrum radicans…

If you are a lover of orchids that bloom persistently over time, you can choose lines like Phalaenopsis, Cymbidium,… They all have a blooming time of about two to four months.

Orchid garden design

Orchid garden design

In Hanoi in particular and Vietnam in general, there are two ways of arranging orchids that people often use: growing orchids on trellises and growing orchids on stalls. Growing orchids on a trellis will be suitable for families with small areas as well as hanging on a trellis will help the plants be more airy, easier to care for and move, while growing orchids on a trellis will be suitable for large-scale, farm, easy to care for and when the flowers bloom, they will look extremely beautiful, however, if there are pathogens, they will easily spread.

You can absolutely grow orchids on terraces, balconies and summer porches, each location has enough sunlight and enough outdoor elements to help orchids grow easily and for orchid hobbyists to easily care for them. However, you should still pay attention to the weather conditions, if the area is too sunny, you must use nets and if it is during the stormy season, consider treating it to ensure safety for the garden.

Start growing orchids

Start growing orchids

First, you must choose a pot for the orchid, it needs to be a pot that can drain water and the substrate for the orchid should be coconut fiber, wood charcoal, peanut shells,… based on the size of the orchid, choose a suitable pot as well as don’t forget to clean the pot before planting. Then put the substrate into the pot about 25% of the height of the pot, put the sized substrates prepared in step 2 in the bottom first, then add moss and coco peat to create porosity and increase humidity ( add until 50% of pot volume is reached), add shredded substrate until about 1-2cm from the edge of the pot. To keep the orchid well and firmly, you should place a stake around it as a base for the orchid, then use a string to gently tie the orchid stem to the stake so that the growth direction of the branch is always towards the middle of the pot.

Caring for orchids

Caring for orchids

The necessary factors for an orchid to grow and develop well are light, fertilizer, watering and pest prevention steps. Only when we apply these steps effectively will the orchid develop and grow healthily.

Conclusion

Orchid growing in Hanoi has developed dramatically in recent years, creating a lot of material and spiritual value for orchid growers and orchid hobbyists. If you are interested in growing orchids in Hanoi, this article has provided the most useful information for you.

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