Many plants with strong environmental adaptability like to grow in the cracks of rocks under the hillside. I have seen drooping grass , halter grass , ginger grass , yellow grass , plantain , phoenix tail fern , phoenix tail fern , 7-leaf and one-branch , cypress slurry grass , banyan tree , etc. The root system of these plants is well developed, especially banyan trees. Its root system is even called "ginseng root". It looks very fat. Sometimes it even wraps small stones and continues to grow. Today's banyan trees have become a very beautiful bonsai tree. After the branches and leaves are shaped, they will be more beautiful.
In fact, we can also see a kind of stone fairy peach in the damp cracks of the rocks. Flower lovers should not ignore this kind of plant. It is more valuable than potted flowers such as ivy , green ivy, spider plant, Monstera . Some flower lovers will even dig a few trees to plant in the flower pots, and then it became potted plants. I like its branches and leaves very much. The green leaves look good all year round. In fact, the stems and leaves of this stone fairy peach are more precious than its roots, and it is also a great choice for making soup. Flower lovers see the stone fairy peach in the wild, so don’t treat it as a weed. Let’s learn more about this plant.
A kind of "Stone Fairy Peach" grows in the damp cracks of the rocks. The stems and leaves are more precious than the roots. Soup is a great choice!
Shixiantao
The so-calledShixiantao has a very good name, which is Shiyan Olive . This plant likes to grow in humid places all year round. It is normal to breed a large area in the bamboo forest under the hillside. Sometimes it will breed in the wet cracks by the stream, and even will grow on some herbs. Once I saw theShixiantao growing on the branches. At that time, I didn’t know about this plant and mistakenly thought it was a weed.
Today's Shixiantao also has many nicknames. The familiar fruit leaf , thousand-year-old short, stone penetration plate, etc. are also nicknames of Shixiantao. I wonder what flower lovers call it? This plant is also found in rural farmlands, and generally there are trees around the farmlands, and this wild plant may be found under the trees.
Stone Fairy Peach can produce some "fruits", which looks very strange. Flower lovers should not think that this kind of fruit can be eaten. In fact, this is not a real fruit, but a kind of pseudobulb . These pseudobulbs are useful. For example, it is the location where most orchid plants are used to store nutrients and water. Many wild plants have pseudobulbs, and generally pseudobulbs will exist between the roots and branches.
The value of Shixian Tao
The use of Shixian Tao has been recorded in detail in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" by Li Shizhen . It says: "Materia Medica is sweet and cool, and it enters the three meridians of liver, spleen, and kidney", and can clear the lungs and moisten dryness and relieve cough. It is now known as the "Xian Tao". It can be seen that Shixian Tao has a very high evaluation. We also learned that Shixian Tao has medicinal value and is a natural medicinal plant . After processing, it becomes a Chinese medicinal material, which is useful.
In the "Hunan Medicine Chronicle", this plant is also called Dendrobium puff, Rose, and Madonna. It is an epiphytic herb and is also a plant of the genus Orchid family and Stone Fairy Peach genus . It grows in cracks of rocks all year round. The vitality of the plant will be tenacious than the potted plants of the home-level wormwood, Money Tree , Monstera and other flower plants. It can grow normally in areas below 2,500 meters above sea level, and is mainly distributed in Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Fujian and other regions.
According to records, Shixiantao is also a better soup ingredient. The more famous one is "Shi Olive Pork Belly Soup". I wonder if flower lovers have heard of this soup? It is very fragrant, so it is also a great choice for making soup.
This is all about Shixiantao, which is what we often call stone olives. Have you seen it before?
