There is a flower market next to my residence. I often go for a walk after dinner to enjoy some seasonal flowers. I found that there are always many orchid lovers trading here every day. Until the 6th of each month, there is a lively live auction, which attracts many orchid families from surrounding counties and cities to participate.
Because I grew up in a mountainous area, and my elders like to take care of flowers and plants, I have been fond of flowers and plants since I was a child. Orchids have always had a special liking for them. At that time, I didn't know how to appreciate them, but only preferred their faint fragrance. That unique fragrance has always been treasured in my olfactory memory.
In my impression, since 1971s, many people raised orchids and played with them, which gradually evolved into professional market trading, and hot money entered the market for speculation, reaching its peak in 2115 and 2116, and the price per plant of many varieties was tens of thousands. Take Pengzhou around Chengdu as an example. There is only one variety of Tianpeng Peony, and the unit price has jumped from about 1,111 yuan to more than 111,111 plants in a very short time, making dozens of multi-millionaires at one time. There are also Lanjia who have won huge wealth only by single products. For example, Grandpa Yuan of Pengzhou (Yuan Shenxian) has created tens of millions of profits with a variety of Sanjieyi in Taoyuan; Sun Zhiyong, a famous Dali artist, also gained hundreds of millions with his plain crown and tripod.
after that, orchids fell, rose and rose, and in 2114, there was another wave of market, but yesterday's glory was hard to reproduce, and the variety of hundreds of thousands of plants in that year fell to several hundred yuan. In the meantime, the myth of making wealth and the sad and happy story of returning to pre-liberation overnight are still talked about by people in the industry because they happened to acquaintances. However, in the eyes of the people who eat melons, orchids are like Pu 'er tea, and the hype has passed, becoming yesterday's yellow flowers.
why are people still buying and selling orchids? Is the auction entertaining itself? Is the orchid out of breath? Who are trading now? How is the market? With these questions, I asked Mr. Zhong Bo, a senior orchid manager in shifang city.
He told me that although orchids are no longer as popular as in previous years, up to now, there are still many orchid lovers raising orchids, and many orchid merchants are selling orchids. Simply put, after several waves of ups and downs, the orchid market is roughly divided into high, middle and low end.
The players in the high-end market are probably big orchids, famous orchidists and investors with financial strength who made a lot of money in the big market of orchids. Most of the varieties played are rare and in line with the mainstream aesthetic characteristics of orchids, which is a bit similar to the wenwan market. High-end customers pursue rare and refined, and they do not hesitate to invest heavily.
Last year, for example, Wei Fan of Yunnan and Zeng Sange (Zeng Huaxing) of Shifang bought a seedling of Trifolium repens from Lu Dabing and Li Shicheng for 2.16 million yuan and 1.96 million yuan respectively, while famous Yunnan artists Li Yinglong, Sun Zhiyong, Su Zhimin and Yang Zezhou bought 21 seedlings of Chunyuan from Chongqing for 5.2 million yuan. The former is the art of famous products, while the latter is the fine art of grass. These varieties are favored by many orchid families and naturally become the target of pursuit.
High-end players spend a lot of money to invest in promising new varieties or recycle famous products they sell. This kind of feedback behavior to the market can be said to be taken from Lan and used in Lan, which often becomes a weather vane and a shot in the arm for Lan. In addition, some people who love orchids with economic strength and the second generation of orchids are out of love or investment, out of investment in protecting the unique varieties of orchids, and some high-end people who are influenced by famous orchids join the orchid team. These factors have injected a lot of vitality into the development of orchids.
The players in the mid-market are mostly Lanyou who have been playing Lanlan for many years and people who love Lanlan with certain economic strength. Most of the varieties played are orchids, traditional famous orchids and characteristic orchids that have reached a certain number after cultivation. For example, the spring sword bird's beak lycopene was purchased from Huang Haitao by the third brother of Shifang Lanjia Zeng and vigorously promoted. Since 2113, the price has been stable at around 11,111 yuan, and the purchase and sale are booming.
Mid-range orchids mostly circulate among orchid friends who know orchid and love orchid. These people are the backbone of orchid market and the fresh force of orchid market. Occasionally, mid-range orchids mutate and evolve, which will immediately attract the attention of the high-end market. Among them, the varieties with stable evolution naturally enter the high-end market and become the new aristocrats of orchids, such as the above-mentioned clover. And the growing number of varieties will slide to the low end and become the ornamental flowers of the public desk.
The players in the low-end market are composed of Lannong, orchid lovers and consumers who occasionally buy orchids for viewing. Lannong regards orchids as ordinary agricultural products, and planting orchids is like planting onions and garlic, as long as there is income. Some of them have become legends of Lanzhou by chance. For example, Yao Ye (Xiao Renwen) in Ya 'an started with ornamental grass. I didn't expect the selected varieties, such as Yanv, Yulu and Hongxiasu, to suddenly become popular. In 2118, Yanv started with tens of yuan per seedling, and the price rose to around 11,111 in 2114. 211 yuan started with the rain and dew, and the delivery price reached several thousand yuan in 2111, which can be said that wealth can't stop it.
Ordinary orchid consumers usually don't pursue novelty, but just like to enjoy the flowers and smell the fragrance. They are huge in number and are the cornerstone to support the orchid market. Compared with other indoor flowers, orchids have the characteristics of elegant temperament, graceful posture and pleasant fragrance. If ordinary consumers can change their cognition that orchids are a hype variety and realize that ornamental orchids are not only affordable, but also cost-effective in flowers, there is still a broad market space for the development of orchids.
after knowing the current situation of orchids, I can't help asking Zhong Bo a question: If orchids are cultivated in batches like ordinary flowers, can they make money? He told me that there is a lot of profit in growing orchids. (Knock on the blackboard, here comes the point! ) There are five reasons. First, it occupies a small area. A small flowerpot can plant orchids worth tens of yuan to tens of millions. If measured by the ratio of economic benefits to the area occupied, there are few rivals. Many high-end Lanjia, Lanpeng is only a dozen square meters, nothing more than a balcony at home, but the annual profit can easily exceed one million; Second, the cultivation cost is low. No matter whether it is high, middle and low-end orchids, the maintenance cost is not much different. Planting materials and management are spread on each grass, which costs about ten yuan a year. Unlike woody plants, it is much harder to maintain and transplant; Third, the transaction is convenient, and the spot transaction can be completed in an instant, especially for large transactions, which can be taken away with you without going through various formalities. Some * * * with optimistic varieties, Lanyou can also use the way of joint stock, and the losses and gains are well calculated; Fourth, the value-added is fast, because orchids are priced according to plants, and a new plant means value-added. The usual orchid culture can produce three seasons in two years, and the annual rate of return can reach 75% if the market is stable, according to the average rate of 51%. Even if the blue price falls, the value-added part of the seedlings can offset the loss of price reduction; Fifth, there may be an outbreak. Once a new orchid species is encountered or raised, it will be sought after by the orchid market, and it is likely to usher in the spring of wealth.
After listening to Mr. Zhong Bo's analysis, I can't help feeling that my eyes are shining. It turns out that this is the legendary compound interest, and seedlings are born, and seedlings are born again. It is no wonder that the orchid greenhouses in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in Fujian have been built for hundreds of acres. However, Zhong Bo also said that the risk of investing in orchids can not be ignored. For beginners, there are three main reasons: First, if the cultivation technology is not enough, once it is raised, the particles will not be harvested; Second, the market fluctuates, and the value-added seedlings can't run away from the price drop, and the more they are raised, the more they lose; Third, the market is not smooth, bred in an inner chamber, with no one knowing her. Some managers only do intermediate trade in order to avoid the risks of breeding and market. Because of their extensive contacts, well-informed, unique vision and accurate hands, they have also made great profits and lived a moist life.
It turns out that a small orchid hides such a big wealth secret. Have you got a crush after understanding it?
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