Due to the diverse climate and vast territory of our country, it has nurtured a rich variety of wild plants . According to data, there are more than 30,000 relatively advanced plants, which is already the third in the world. Among them, my country's unique plant species also has more than 17,000. We are familiar with ginkgo, Baishanzu fir, fragrant fruit trees, etc. They are also rare and endangered wild plants. Flower lovers please protect these plants when they see them.
Wild plants usually grow by rivers, river banks, streams, farmlands, fields, mountains, etc. Common wild plants include Longsun , Leaf and Grass , Rock Coptis chinensis , Seven Leaves and One Branches , Ququ Cai , Yellow Grass , Tianma , Tiansun , etc. Some of them are precious wild medicinal materials, which can be made into medicinal materials through reasonable use, so they have more uses and value.
There is also a kind of plant that is also precious. It is called "Shishan Lotus". It usually lingers on the rock to grow and reproduce. The roots and leaves of the plants are very precious. Flower lovers, please protect them when they encounter Shishan Lotus again. Don't destroy them. Nowadays, Shishan Lotus is becoming less and less common. There are also buyers who are purchasing Shishan Lotus. Its value is quite high. Let's learn more about Shishan Lotus together. Maybe you have seen it too.
Stone Olive
This so-called stone mountain lotus is called stone olive. Some flower lovers also call it Stone Fairy Peach , fruit leaves, etc. It is a relatively famous epiphyte , but it is also a type of herbaceous plant. Many flower lovers do not understand the "epidophyte" mentioned here. We can understand it as a plant that cannot grow and survive normally. It is generally attached to some other plants, such as on branches or some humus rocks. This is called "epidophyte".
Today's stone olives have also become an epiphyte. They usually like cool and humid environments and generally grow in deep mountains and old forests, such as growing and reproduction in rock cracks in deep mountains and old forests, and grow better on some humus-rich stones. Although it is also common in bamboo forests, it is not easy for flower lovers to see stone olives. Generally, it will be distributed in areas with relatively high altitudes, such as areas with an altitude of 1,500-3,000 meters, and it is very likely to see this plant.
I think stone olives are a very unique plant. There are small fruits like olives on the plant. These emerald green fruits are not very big, but there are strange leaves around them. At this time, when looking at stone olives, you feel that their leaves and fruits are connected, so there is the nickname " fruit leaf ". In the past, rural elderly people also called it the fruit leaf. The emerald green fruits are actually its pseudobulbs, not real fruits, and many flower lovers do not know about this.
The value of stone olives
Flower lovers should know that stone olives are also a precious herb. They are like yellow grass, plantain , rock coptis chinensis, seven-leaf lotus , golden twig , Astragalus , purple flower tidal and other plants. After processing, they can be made into "Chinese medicinal materials", and then they have value. According to the records in 's "Guangdong Chinese Medicine", stone olives are sweet in taste and cool in nature, clear lung stagnation and heat, and nourish lung yin. It is also recorded in the "Handle Book of Common Chinese Herbal Medicines for " that this plant has high medicinal value. Its roots and leaves are very precious, so don't destroy them if you encounter them.
Development of stone olives
In the past, villagers would dig some stone olives in small quantities. Nowadays, the demand is increasing, and they are being dug in large quantities. At this time, wild stone olives have also been damaged and even affected their growth environment, so wild stone olives are becoming less and less numerous. Therefore, flower lovers should protect this plant well. Even if it is to be mined and utilized, do not dig it at all to avoid damage.
Dear flower lovers, have you seen this kind of stone lotus wrapped around the rock, that is, stone olives?
