In Laolong Village, Huatian Township, Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing, some villagers found more than 10 mushroom-like plants. Appraised by plant experts from Sichuan Agricultural University, the villagers discovered the rare plant Crystal Orchid.
The environment in which crystal orchids grow is generally as high as 800? On the highland hillside within the range of 3200m, because the chlorophyll peculiar to plants cannot be synthesized, the crystal orchid itself has no photosynthetic function and can only rely on other plants to obtain nutrients.
Rotting plants can provide more nutrients, so Crystal Orchid prefers to live in a cold and humid environment, because it is more convenient to obtain rotting plants for nutrient supplementation.
Crystal orchids, with a plant height of more than10cm, have upright stems, unbranched branches, and are crystal clear and clustered, and grow on rotten leaves, and are called the flowers of the underworld, or the flowers of death, dream orchids and saprophytes. In some novels, it is also regarded as a ghost flower, or a deadly poison, or a fairy grass that comes back to life.
Crystal orchids like to grow in coniferous forests or mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests. Although many novels often describe the crystal orchid as a highly toxic plant, in essence, the crystal orchid does not contain any toxic components.
Coniferous forests or coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests are vast in land and sparsely populated, and humus components are not easily destroyed by external factors, so they are more likely to survive in cold and humid environments.
Due to the bad growth characteristics and habits, Crystal Orchid has not been planted artificially. At present, all crystal orchids are wild plants. Because the crystal orchid can't synthesize chlorophyll by itself, it must rely on humus or the roots of other plants to survive.
Scientists can't take the crystal orchid out of the forest safely, even if it is taken out of the forest safely, it is difficult to guarantee the subsequent living conditions of the crystal orchid, which is also the reason why the crystal orchid is rare.