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Tongzhou's butterfly orchids usher in peak sales season

en.nantong.gov.cn Updated: 2021-12-30

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Workers at a butterfly orchid planting center in Guodao village in Pingchao town – administered by the Tongzhou district of Nantong city in East China's Jiangsu province – get busy making exotic potted plants in the greenhouse on Dec 29. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

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More than 30 new varieties of wonderful butterfly orchids are introduced this year, adding rich colors to the greenhouse. [Photo/ntfabu.com]

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The center cultivates and introduces 100,000 butterfly orchids this year – being sold to Nantong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces and Shanghai city. At present, the growers have entered the peak season for sales as the New Year approaches. Over a half of the 7,500 pots of butterfly orchids have been reserved. [Photo/ntfabu.com]