Jinjiang genuine 49
Walking in the "tropical rain forest", Sun Honghui also saw other tropical plants such as the fan palm, Washington palm, breadfruit tree, and dragon iron tree.
All of these plants were tall and lush, towering into the sky. Mottled sunlight fell through the wide gaps between the leaves, turning into beams of light that shone onto his clothes, creating golden spots. Dust and mist could be seen floating in the beams, forcing him to raise his hand to block them.
In such an environment, he almost forgot that it was December and the temperature outside was over 10 degrees Celsius. Instead, he truly integrated into this humid and sunny rainforest, walking through the dense forest filled with white mist.
The palm tree is nearly 5 meters tall and belongs to the palm family. Its huge leaves are nearly one meter long and look like a round palm leaf fan. The ribs of the fan stand upright outward and are dense and green. It is said that Princess Iron Fan's palm leaf fan was made of it.
The breadfruit trees are full of green 'breads', several of which are crowded together and piled under the shiny leaves. Each one is more than 20 centimeters long and has matured. The color has changed from green to yellow and the inside has become soft.
It looks very much like the round bread in a bakery. Many people stand under the tree and look up, imagining what it tastes like.
“It looks delicious.”
“Is this bread really edible?”
"I think so."
"Yes, but it needs to be processed. Look at what the introduction sign here says: The fruit of the breadfruit tree is rich in starch and is an important tropical food plant. It once solved the famine problem in the West Indies."
“So amazing.”
Unfortunately, the breadfruit tree is a tall tree and is beyond the reach of tourists. They can only look up from under the tree.
Further ahead, the trunk of the Washington palm sits on the ground like a huge cylinder, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top, so wide that a single person cannot hug it. The branches are thick and strong, with dense leaves on top, spread out one by one, using the largest area for photosynthesis and bathing in plenty of sunlight.
The dragon iron tree is tall and upright, with slender leaves clustered at the top of the stem, presenting a clustered posture, like several swords with long tassels hanging on the top, which is very tropical.
The resin that flows out of it is blood red and looks like bleeding when dripping along the trunk, so it is called dragon blood tree, but it actually has a hemostatic effect.
Sun Honghui saw many different tropical plants along the way. It was not until he walked out of the winding path that he suddenly realized that he was not in the humid tropical rainforest, but in the Huajianji Botanical Garden.
The noisy voices gradually became clearer, and the bustling crowd was around, taking pictures of various plants with their mobile phones from time to time. Above my head was a translucent glass curtain wall and a silver steel structure. The sunlight was no longer so strong, and there was no diffuse white fog blocking my view.
A gentle breeze blew towards him, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.
Sun Honghui looked around and took a few seconds to come back to his senses, completely understanding what it meant to be immersed in the situation.
Being in it, you feel like being in a pristine tropical rain forest. Every blade of grass, every drop of water, every stone, even the sound, light, temperature and body sensation are made to be extremely realistic, making visitors immersed in the pristine natural environment.
Many tourists feel a sense of unreality when they come out of it.
Sun Honghui looked back at this time. Not far away, there was mist, tropical plants, lush vegetation, and abundant water, just like a small tropical rain forest.
However, in terms of area, this place is far from meeting the standards for building an independent ecological zone, with only about four or five hundred square meters of space.
The tropical rainforest is the most complex ecosystem. Many botanical gardens can only simulate it to the initial stage and have no sense of being integrated into it at all.
But Huajianji did it.
Not only was it accomplished, but it was also built so realistically that it gives people a great experience.
Any tourist who comes here will love it.
Sun Honghui looked at the sign for the tropical rainforest area again and followed the instructions to the crowded carnivorous plant area.
Just last week, the pitcher plants imported from Australia passed the domestic safety quarantine procedures and successfully arrived at Huajianji Botanical Garden after being confirmed to be risk-free.
There are 54 species of pitcher plants that came from the ocean, totaling more than 200 plants. Ye Han spent a lot of effort to place them.
Some of the plants are quite tall, so she placed several trees over eight meters high in the area for climbing to simulate the original ecological environment.
In addition, Ye Han also introduced a batch of carnivorous plants from the tropical regions of Southeast Asia. Currently, he owns more than 120 species of carnivorous plants and more than 500 plants in total.
Such variety and quantity are among the best in the whole of China.
At least in the entire W city and all the surrounding cities, Huajianji is the only botanical garden with a dedicated division and a wide variety of carnivorous plants that almost cover most species (excluding single wild species). It is unique and distinctive, attracting countless tourists.
Opposite the Epiphyllum wall and orchid area, the entire area from left to right is the carnivorous plant area, which is matched with mosses and short ferns to create a paradise unique to carnivorous plants.
There are seven major categories: pitcher plants, Venus flytraps, butterfly wings, sundews, pitchers, bladderworts, and other carnivorous plants.
This is the place with the heaviest flow of people, and you can hear the exclamations of tourists as you get close.
"Wow, look at this pitcher plant. It's so small. The pitcher is so cute. It's red and looks like a small lantern."
The girl turned to look at her friend, her voice full of curiosity.
She leaned in to observe the pitcher plant, which was less than 20 centimeters long. At the end of each leaf hung a red insect trap, which was round and looked very small compared to the green leaves.
The sign next to it reads: 'Nepenthes rubripes'.
After silently chanting its name, the girl placed her hand in front of the glass and compared: "The cage is not even as long as my little finger. Can it really catch insects?"
The friend was not sure either: "I think so."
The girl felt pity and said: "I hope this little cutie doesn't starve to death."
In fact, in addition to catching insects, carnivorous plants can also meet their own needs through photosynthesis and absorbing water and nutrients from the soil. Catching insects is just a supplement for them.
Even if there is no result in a short period of time, it will not affect their survival, at most it will affect their growth rate.
As he was speaking, a black ant was attracted by the fragrance of the insect trap and climbed to the edge of the cage.
It stretched out its tentacles and touched the surroundings. Just as it was about to find out what was inside, it fell into the bottle because the mouth of the bottle was too smooth and was submerged by the digestive fluid inside.
The girl waited for half a minute but didn't see the ant crawl out. It seems that the pitcher plant really "ate" the ant.
"It's amazing! It can really catch insects." The girl was amazed. "It's so small and cute."
The cage is very small, about three or four centimeters.
Ahhh, so cute.
She felt that she had fallen in love with this plant, and there was a strange contrast when hunting it.
I just didn't capture the hunting scene.
This was her first time seeing carnivorous plants hunting, and she found it very novel: "I should have taken a picture earlier."
Friend: "It doesn't matter. There is still a lot ahead. Let's keep going forward."
The girl was very excited: "Yeah, I must take a picture of it today."
Sun Honghui came to the carnivorous plant area, and all kinds of strange-shaped carnivorous plants appeared before his eyes, which was dazzling.
This is not an open landscape area, but transparent glass separates the plants from tourists, making it easier for these carnivorous plants to eat.
"Nepenthes mirandaensis."
Sun Honghui took a look at the name. The pitcher plant has a light green cage with gorgeous wide lips and beautiful red spots. The most important feature is that the cage is very large.
The whole plant was only about 40 to 50 centimeters long, but one of the cages was nearly 30 centimeters long, longer than his palm, and seemed a little unbalanced.
Nepenthes Miranda is a hybrid of Nepenthes giganteus and Nepenthes northiana. It is a separately cultivated horticultural variety. The pitcher proportions are the largest of all Nepenthes and it is extremely ornamental.
Sun Honghui also saw pitcher plants with red, white, green, purple, and various bright patterns and spots. The smallest pitcher was only the size of a fingernail, while the largest was as long as an adult's forearm. Each plant was very distinctive and full of tropical charm.
He originally thought that there were only a few types of pitcher plants, but he didn't expect there would be so many plants of different sizes and colors, and the cages also looked different.
There are toilet-shaped 'toilet pitcher plants', funnel-shaped insect traps that are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, round cages that are like eggplants, and long and thin cages that are like inverted magic hats...
It's breathtaking and eye-opening.
Nepenthes is a perennial vine plant. Except for the smaller plants, other pitcher plants are either built on racks or cling to arranged branches. Cages of different sizes and shapes hang from the air. The scene is novel and shocking, and many tourists are taking pictures.
Since pitcher plants are relatively tall and need to climb on a support, most of them are placed in the rear area of the carnivorous plant area. The plants in the front that grow together with ferns are mostly smaller plants such as Venus flytraps, sundews, butterflyworts, and pitcher plants.
Sun Honghui looked at the pitcher plant in front of him.
Their shape is slightly strange, with creeping rhizomes that seem to rise directly from the ground, and bottle-shaped upright leaves that look like funnels gathered together with a top cover at the opening.
Each bottle is equivalent to a pitcher plant insect trap, with an opening at the top, which can secrete nectar and digestive juice to attract insects.
The pitcher plant is brightly colored. The bottom of the bottle is usually green, and the top is covered with beautiful patterns. The patterns extend all the way to the mouth of the bottle, and the upturned top cover looks like butterfly wings.
They have different styles, some are tubular, some are trumpet-shaped, and some are pot-shaped. They have various shapes and decorate the green areas, bringing artistic colors.
It was the first time that Sun Honghui saw this plant.
Pitcher plants not only catch insects, but also look very beautiful.
Among them there is a very well-known species - 'Cobra Pitcher Plant', which attracts a lot of attention from tourists.
Its leaves are monomorphic, twisting and rising from the rhizome, and the overall shape resembles an angry cobra with its head raised.
The top is raised and round like a snake's head. The whole body is crystal light green, with red patterns on the surface, shaped like snake scales. The top cover droops down from the curved leaf mouth, and also has a small amount of red mesh patterns, like a forked snake tongue, which is very lifelike.
Although it looks like a cobra, it is much cuter than a cobra and is the ultimate goal of many carnivorous plant players and collectors.
The cultivation of Cobra Pitcher Plant is relatively difficult, requiring higher daytime temperatures and lower nighttime temperatures. Because its native habitat has cool mountain springs flowing into swamps or river banks all year round, its roots have adapted to lower temperatures.
When the weather is hot, ice needs to be placed on the soil surface to cool it down in order to maintain growth.
Fortunately, the exhibition greenhouse can automatically adjust the light and temperature to provide them with sufficient light; at night, Ye Han will water them with mineral water refrigerated in the refrigerator, and spray a small amount of plant nutrient solution to promote their growth.
Now these cobra pitcher plants are growing rapidly, the number of pitchers is increasing, and several nests of 'baby cobras' have grown.
It looks a little scary from a distance, but if you look closely you will find its wonders. It is even cuter than succulents, crystal clear, with crisscross red patterns, like a piece of glass ornaments.
When they hunt, the top cover extends, which looks like a cobra opening its mouth to bite people, which is very interesting.
Carnivorous plant enthusiasts frantically took photos of these Cobra Pitcher plants and uploaded them to the enthusiast forum.
Some of them have found many ways to collect this plant. However, since it has to be introduced from its origin abroad, channels, procedures and money are all indispensable. Only a few people can obtain this rare carnivorous plant.
But even if we get it, there won't be many people we can support.
The environment here is very different from that of its place of origin. Whether it is temperature, light, temperature difference between day and night, etc., none of the conditions are met, making breeding extremely difficult.
It is already difficult to barely keep them alive, let alone optimize and cultivate them.
They didn't expect to see the 'Cobra Pitcher Plant' growing so vigorously in Huajianji, and they were immediately excited.
Each mature pitcher plant has more than a dozen pitchers, each of which is more than 20 centimeters long, with beautiful shapes, clear patterns, bright colors, and excellent condition.
It was the most perfect 'Cobra' they had ever seen.
As soon as the photo was released, it immediately attracted inquiries from many carnivorous plant enthusiasts.
“Where was it filmed?”
"Who raised him?"
"Holy crap, which boss is so awesome! I worship him."
"The ones on display at the carnivorous plant exhibition area in Province Y last time were not as beautiful as this."
"An expert, right? I remember there are quite a few experts from national research institutes lurking in our forum."
"Ask this big guy if he's willing to sell it? Chat privately, the price is guaranteed to be satisfactory."
Then they discovered that the photos were all taken at the same location - Huajianji Botanical Garden.
As the name of Huajianji became more and more famous in the forum, many fans came here to visit in waves.
Although the circle is small, there are at least tens of thousands of people across the country, which makes Huajianji even more popular.
After arriving, the enthusiasts were excited to find that there were not only cobra pitcher plants here, but also many precious carnivorous plants introduced from abroad. Every plant was in great condition. It was simply the paradise they had always dreamed of!
It's so beautiful.
Huajianji quickly became a treasure trove and check-in point for the entire circle, and everyone would come to take a look when they had nothing to do.
It is said that even the experts in City B have been alarmed, and perhaps in a month or two they will organize an inspection team to conduct research.
Seeing this Cobra Pitcher Plant, Sun Honghui couldn't help but marvel at the magic of nature.
He secretly wondered in his heart: growing into this shape might be a way for the plant to protect itself?
Sun Honghui took a photo of this rare carnivorous plant.
Flipping through the photo album, he found that he had taken dozens of photos since he entered Huajianji. Although he had never liked taking photos, each plant was quite distinctive and worth collecting.
Going forward, scattered next to the pitcher plants are the Venus flytraps.
Their plants are very small, less than 20 centimeters in height, and the bulbs crawl on the ground and expand outward. Each Venus flytrap can grow more than 20 shell-shaped clips, which are very lush. The edges of the clips are covered with steel needle-like thorns that can trap insects.
"Here it comes, a bug has crawled onto the biggest clamp!" someone said excitedly.
Other tourists also came closer to take a look.
Carnivorous plants do not hunt all the time, especially domesticated ones, because it is unknown how long they will wait for insects to come. They need to digest their prey for several days before absorbing all the nutrients, so the chances of seeing them are very few, no less than a flash in the pan.
Therefore, everyone wants to watch this novel and exciting process.
This is a 'B52 Venus flytrap', the largest known species of Venus flytrap and one of the best-known species. Native to the United States, the maximum length of the insect trap is 5.7 cm.
"B52" refers to a large military bomber in the United States, and this is used to describe its powerful insect-catching ability. ①
Ye Han introduced a total of 5 'B52 Venus Flytraps' this time. Since they were just introduced not long ago, the traps are still growing.
The current length is slightly larger than the clips of other Venus flytraps, about 3.2 cm. The outer layer of the clip is green, the inner layer is dark red, and there are several fine hairs on the leaves that can respond to stimuli. The shape is like an open "bloody mouth".
I saw a 2-centimeter-long insect attracted by the sweet smell of the nectar glands on the leaf edge. It gradually crawled into the insect trap and touched the fine hairs on the surface of the trap, once, twice. When the insect squirmed for the third time, the steel needles on both sides quickly closed and trapped it.
The insect sensed something was wrong and began to struggle, but the more it struggled, the tighter the 'steel needle' closed, firmly fixing it in the insect trap without leaving any gaps.
The insect was quite active at first, but now it was tightly trapped by the clamp, and its living space was constantly compressed. At the same time, the digestive gland in the center of the insect clamp began to secrete liquid, causing it to slowly lose its strength.
The final outcome is to be digested bit by bit by the other party and become its own nourishment.
"I'll go, good."
"The little clip is amazing!"
"It closed immediately. The senses are so sharp."
"How did it manage to be so cute and fierce at the same time? I really want to grow one!"
Some people are also very worried.
"Can it digest such a big worm?"
"I've kept a Venus flytrap before, and once it exceeds its digestive capacity, its clips will turn black and eventually the whole plant will die."
"Ah, no way?" The girl who wanted to raise a Venus flytrap was shocked. She didn't want such a cute little clip to die, so she planned to come back to check on it in a few days.
Ye Han was not worried about this at all.
B52 has a very strong digestive ability and grows the fastest. In less than a week, its clamps have grown to 0.5 cm. Fast growth means high consumption, so it will definitely eat the insects.
By then the clip will grow a little bigger.
It really gives me a sense of accomplishment to feed them and raise them slowly.
Where is the magical plant?
This chapter: Nepenthes ruficollis, Nepenthes miranda, Pitcher plant cobra, B52 Venus flytrap.
Note ①: The origins of B52 and other plant names are taken from Baidu.
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