Wild orchid faces extinction in China

时间：2007-05-22 03:10:09

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Chinanews, Beijing, May 22 - Orchid1 has never been more popular in China as it is today. According to a report by CCTV, nowadays the price of a precious orchid can be hundreds of thousands of yuan, even millions. Thus large groups of florists2 have flocked to the mountains to search for orchids3.

 

In Heqing County, Yunnan Province, a famous orchid producer in China, there is a mountain called "Orchid Mountain", but hardly any orchids can be seen today.

 

The CCTV reporter randomly4 interviewed some florists in Heqing, all of whom complained that it had become more and more difficult to find wild orchids, especially rare species. "It took me two days to find these two orchids, and they might be the last of their kind," said one of them.

 

The Chinese Academy of Sciences has also released a report on the distribution of wild orchids in China, saying that the orchids in the Dabie Mountains are also dying out for excessive dredging. In the mountainous regions accessible to highways, 90% of orchids have died out. Even in steep mountains, some 30% to 50% of orchid species have fallen victim to the orchid fever in Chinese market.

 

"There are more than 3,000 orchid species in China, but quite a lot of them can only be found in other countries today," said an expert.

 
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1 orchid b02yP     
n.兰花，淡紫色
参考例句：
  • The orchid is a class of plant which I have never tried to grow.兰花这类植物我从来没种过。
  • There are over 35 000 species of orchid distributed throughout the world.有35,000多种兰花分布在世界各地。
2 florists b144baeff0a8df843a6a577e7473f3ca     
n.花商，花农，花卉研究者( florist的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The little dressmaker bought an envelope of nasturtium seeds at the florists. 那个个子矮小的女裁缝在花铺里买了一包金莲花种子。 来自辞典例句
  • I have more important things to do than petulant florists. 我有比教训坏脾气的花匠更重要的事情要做。 来自互联网
3 orchids 8f804ec07c1f943ef9230929314bd063     
n.兰花( orchid的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Wild flowers such as orchids and primroses are becoming rare. 兰花和报春花这类野花越来越稀少了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She breeds orchids in her greenhouse. 她在温室里培育兰花。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 randomly cktzBM     
adv.随便地，未加计划地
参考例句：
  • Within the hot gas chamber, molecules are moving randomly in all directions. 在灼热的气体燃烧室内，分子在各个方向上作无规运动。 来自辞典例句
  • Transformed cells are loosely attached, rounded and randomly oriented. 转化细胞则不大贴壁、圆缩并呈杂乱分布。 来自辞典例句

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