[Explanation] The Spring Festival is approaching, and the staff are busy at the Phalaenopsis Planting Base in the Desert Hema Village, Hangjin Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Since the launch of Lunar New Year Flowers, the desert Phalaenopsis here has been very popular among consumers. Orders have spread to more than 20 cities including Beijing and Shanghai, and sales have increased by about three times compared with usual.
[Explanation] Most species of Phalaenopsis are native to low-latitude tropical island regions in Asia.
Now that they can settle down in the desert area of Inner Mongolia, the scientific research team has added a lot of "black technology".
In order to cultivate delicate and beautiful flowers.
The research and development team of Phalaenopsis hybridization and cloning tissue culture is doing "cloning surgery" for the buds of Phalaenopsis in front of the glass operating table to achieve the effect of proliferation; Training centers and independent training bases to carry out tissue culture.
Under the careful care of scientific researchers, the delicate Phalaenopsis grows in the bottle for 8 to 12 months in its "infant stage", and when it matures, it has the characteristics of a new variety with strong resistance, vigorous vitality, gorgeous flowers, and a long flowering period.
[Concurrent] Employee Liu Jinchan
Because my original job was accounting, and my current job is to deal with fresh life every day.
[Explanation] Overlooking Hema Village in the desert, a contiguous building complex of smart greenhouses "wearing black" stands in the desert.
The "black clothes" are black sunshade fabrics. The local sunlight is strong during the daytime, and the sunshade fabrics can protect the flowers from direct sunlight and burns as much as possible.
On one side of each greenhouse, there are nine large fans with a diameter of 1.2 meters. When it is hot during the day, the fans automatically run to cool down the exhaust air; when it is cold at night, the insulation layer on the top of the plants slowly unfolds like a quilt.
In addition, the base also utilizes the waste heat of the chemical industry in the local industrial park, which can be reused to heat the smart greenhouse.
[Concurrent] Wu Heping, Chairman of Yitai Beimu Pastoral
Phalaenopsis has very good geographical conditions in the Kubuqi Desert.
The first one is that here we have a long light time and good light quality; the second point is that the temperature difference between day and night is large, and Phalaenopsis flowering needs low temperature flowering, (here) the natural temperature is between 15 degrees and 18 degrees at night The most suitable temperature for flower urging; the third point is that we (here) are relatively dry, which is very beneficial to the growth of Phalaenopsis.
At the same time, we have our own heat source, which has certain advantages for our Phalaenopsis planting and operation, reducing costs and increasing market competition.
[Explanation] After 4 years of cultivation, a large-scale and delicate Phalaenopsis has been successfully cultivated in the hinterland of the Kubuqi Desert, becoming the largest Phalaenopsis planting base in northern China.
At present, there are 2.2 million seedlings in the base, more than 100 varieties of Phalaenopsis, and the planting area reaches 40,000 square meters.
In the future, it is planned to expand the planting area, let the villagers become "shareholders", and enrich their pockets.
[Concurrent] Wu Heping, Chairman of Yitai Beimu Pastoral
So in the future, our plan is (the planting area will reach) 120,000 square meters, and our number of employees will reach more than 400 to 500.
Ordinary people may want to join us in the form of shares in the form of land to operate.
Reporter Chen Feng and Zhang Wei report from Ordos
Responsible editor: [Wang Yu]