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Scientific Name: Arundina graminaefolia
Family: Orchidaceae
Morphological Characteristics:
This is an aquatic orchid species, commonly known as the bamboo orchid. It is a terrestrial plant with a robust and erect stem that can grow up to 80 cm or more in height. The stems are clustered, cylindrical, and often enclosed by a sheath. The leaves are linear, thin, and leathery, ranging from 8 to 20 cm in length and 5 to 15 mm in width. They are arranged in a draped manner, with the base forming a sheath that measures 2 to 4 cm long.
The inflorescence is terminal, typically a raceme with 2 to 10 large flowers. Each flower can reach 6 to 7 cm in diameter, with colors ranging from pale purple to pink and white. The sepals are narrowly elliptic, measuring 2.5 to 4 cm in length and 7 to 9 mm in width. The petals are oval or ovate-elliptic, about 2.5 to 4 cm long and 1.3 to 1.5 cm wide. The lip is oblong-ovate, with three lobes, and features 3 to 5 lamellae on its surface. The column is 2 to 2.5 cm long.
Growth Habits:
This orchid thrives in grassy slopes in areas such as Kailuan, at elevations between 400 and 2800 meters above sea level. It is a hardy and fast-growing plant, making it easy to cultivate. Due to its high ornamental value and ability to propagate through seeds, it is widely available and relatively inexpensive, which has made it a popular choice among gardeners and plant enthusiasts.
Bamboo orchids can also be artificially pollinated. When the mature plants emerge from the water and bloom in the air, a soft brush is used for pollination. After the seeds mature, they are collected and sown in a shallow tank of about 5 cm depth. Within a few days, small roots and wavy juvenile leaves will appear. Once the leaves reach 10 cm in length and the rhizomes are approximately 1 cm in size, the plants can be transplanted to new locations.
Distribution:
This species is native to various regions in China, including Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet. It is also widely distributed across tropical Asia, extending northward to the Ryukyu Islands and eastward to Tahiti.
In Xishuangbanna, the Dai people refer to this beautiful orchid as “agriculturists,†a well-known traditional medicinal plant used for detoxification. According to local legend, a girl was dying from food poisoning, and the doctor prescribed her to drink boiled bamboo water. She recovered quickly, and the phrase “Yao†(meaning medicine) became associated with this plant. This story is still told today in the region.
The common name “bamboo orchid†comes from its tall, reed-like appearance. In Taiwan, it is called “grassland bluegrass†due to its resemblance to reeds. From a distance, the flowers look like birds, leading to another local name, “bird blue.†Its genus name, *Arundina*, is derived from the Greek word *arundo*, meaning reed.
The species was first discovered in Nepal. In 1825, David Don described the plant based on specimens collected from there. That same year, Carl Blume established the genus *Arundina*. There are approximately 8 species in this genus, found throughout South and Southeast Asia, including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Japan, and Malaysia.
Plants in the *Arundina* genus are generally tall, with some reaching up to 1 meter in height. Their leaves are 12 to 30 cm long and 1.6 to 2.5 cm wide. The inflorescences are usually 15 to 30 cm long, and the flowers are large, sometimes reaching 10 cm in diameter. The blooms resemble those of *Cattleya* orchids, with vibrant colors and a pleasant fragrance. However, the flowering period is short, lasting only about three days.
Bamboo orchids are very easy to grow and have even become naturalized in places like Hawaii. Thanks to the efforts of breeders, dwarf varieties are now available. Some of these compact types only grow to about 15 cm in height when in bloom, making them ideal for indoor pot cultivation.
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1.Corn Gluten Meal Specification:
Corn Gluten Meal is a very rich source of protein and vital nutrients, containing insoluble proteins, minimal amounts of starch and fiber fractions. Historically used as animal feed, this product has a high energy quotient (ME 4131K Cal/KG), making it an ideal poultry meal for Chickens, Broilers and Laying hens. Additionally, Corn Gluten Meal is packed with vitamins and minerals and offers generous amounts of Methionine and Xanthophyll’s. Meanwhile, Corn Fiber is derived from the outer kernel covering or seed pericarp of corn pap, which is composed of carbohydrate polymers, lignin, and around 10-25% adherent starch.
2.Production process:
Corn gluten meal is a by-product of the manufacture of maize starch (and sometimes ethanol) by the wet-milling process. Corn gluten meal is a protein-rich feed, containing about 65% crude protein (DM), used as a source of protein, energy and pigments for livestock species including fish. It is also valued in pet food for its high protein digestibility. Corn gluten meal is also used as a fertilizer and pre-emergent weed killer
Corn gluten meal is obtained wherever maize is used for starch extraction. It is distributed worldwide. Its production has become relatively constant since ethanol is now mainly produced by dry-milling, which yields corn distillers rather than corn gluten meal and corn gluten feed
3. Application:
1) Cattle feed
Using corn gluten meal as concentrated feed can make part of the protein that cannot be digested by the rumen better digested and absorbed in the small intestine. Corn gluten meal contains linoleic acid, which can promote the lipid metabolism of chickens and the polymerization of essential amino acids.
2) Pig feed
The protein content of corn gluten meal is directly related to the apparent digestible energy value of pigs. Raw materials with appropriate energy-protein ratio or relatively balanced essential amino acids and non-essential amino acids have higher energy digestibility. Corn gluten meal with different protein content (CP: 52% produced in Northeast China, 47.4%, 32% produced in Beijing) is added to the basic feed of pigs. The added weight is 20%, 25%, and 30% respectively. The digestible energy of pigs is measured. The test results show that the apparent digestible energy of corn gluten meal containing 32% crude protein is higher, and the reason may be that its energy-protein ratio is more appropriate.
3) Chicken feed
The compound feed of laying hens mainly based on corn gluten meal can increase the egg production rate by about 15%. It can prevent and treat osteomalacia and other diseases of chickens, play a health-care and growth-promoting role, and is beneficial to improve the quality of egg protein.
4) Broiler coloring
Although the coloring of broiler skin has nothing to do with its nutritional value, influenced by traditional culture, consumers and breeders still use the coloring of broiler products as one of the main indicators to measure the quality of broiler products, which directly affects the price and demand of the broiler market.
Broilers cannot synthesize lutein by themselves and can only obtain it from feed. In order to obtain the ideal skin color, chemical synthetic colorants such as carmoisine red and carmoisine yellow are generally added to broiler feed. These colorants are sold at a high price, increase feed costs after addition, and remain in the bodies of livestock and poultry. The lutein content of corn protein powder is as high as 90-180mg/kg, which is more than 5 times that of yellow corn. It can be effectively absorbed, making eggs golden yellow and chicken skin yellow. The price of corn protein powder is close to that of soybean cake. In view of this, corn protein powder plus arsanilic acid can be used to replace chemical synthetic colorants to improve the coloring of broilers.
2.5% corn gluten meal and 90 mg/kg arsanilic acid were added to the diet of the experimental group, 100 mg/kg chromatin red was added to the diet of the colorant control group, and no coloring was added to the diet of the blank control group. The results showed that the color grade of the experimental group and the colorant control group was significantly higher than that of the blank control group, and there was no significant difference in the increase of the color grade of the gelatin between the experimental group and the colorant control group. The shank color of the broiler in the experimental group was dark yellow, and the appearance was in line with people's consumption habits. From the effect of the color of the slaughtered broiler, the effect of adding corn gluten meal was very close to that of adding chromatin red, and was significantly higher than that of the control group; the coloring effect of natural lutein in feed was slightly worse than that of chemical synthetic colorants, but by adding arsanilic acid, the body metabolism was promoted and the utilization and deposition rate of lutein in feed was increased, thereby changing the coloring degree of the broiler skin, and the effect was obvious.
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