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Merangin, Ciaobloggers.com – The latest trend of ornamental
plants is now spreading in Indonesia, including in Jambi, especially Merangin.
In the midst of the current Corona pandemic, people seem to have a new hobby by collecting various types of plants such as Aglonema, Sri Rejeki, orchids, and currently the most popular plant is Calathea.
Calathea is an ornamental plant that
comes from the rainforests of South America and it is becoming an ornamental
plant that is gaining popularity among the community. Many people are attracted
to Calathea because of the beauty of the variety of leaves and the colors on
the leaves.
Recently, many flower lovers have been
looking for Calathea, one of which is Mardesi, a resident of Btn Griya Bangko Asri Sei Ulak,
Bangko City who collects Calathea in her house. The house that Mardesi lives in
is decorated with dozens of pots filled with flowers, and makes her house more
colorful. Since long time ago, this housewife has admitted that
she loves and has a hobby of collecting flowers. From Aglonema, Bromelia,
Sansevieria, cactus and currently her favorite flower is Calathea.
"At first, I became interested in
Calathea when I visited my friend's house, my friend also has a hobby of
collecting flowers, then I saw one of the flowers in her house turned out to be
Calathea, apparently she has a lot of these plants, then I asked for a sprig of
Calathea," she said.
The reason she chose Calathea because
this plant has its own uniqueness. With a variety of leaf shapes and beautiful
colors, it makes her decided to collect Calathea. In addition, Mardesi also revealed that
maintaining Calathea does not require a lot of money and also does not need
special care. So it is perfect for people who do not want to be difficult in
taking care of plants.
"This Calathea has its own
uniqueness, the color of the leaves is various and with different shapes. Calathea
also does not need special care like Aglonema, we only need to provide planting
media such as pots and soil to maintain this flower. You do not need to spend a
lot of money, so it is suitable for “emak-emak” who do not want to spend a lot
of money, hahaha, ” She said with a laugh.
So far, Mardesi also admitted that she
did not pay anything to buy this flower, because when it was still not a trend,
Calathea did not have many fans so people just gave it for free when someone
asked for it. For several months hunting Calathea to the house of her friends
who have the same hobby, Mardesi has been able to collect 10 types of Calathea
at her house.
According to Mardesi, Calathea is no
less beautiful than Aglonema. Calathea is perfect for lazy people. This is
because Calathea only needs to be watered once a day. Calathea prices are also
quite expensive for certain types. Prices range from Rp. 50,000 to hundreds or
even millions of rupiah. Like one of the flower that is famous for its high
price today, namely Janda Bolong.
Not only used as decoration, but if
this plant is cultivated diligently, this plant can become money. Mardesi said
that since the outbreak of "flower fever", a lot of people are
competing to sell flowers, and even some people are willing to go into the
forest just to look for ornamental plants. Not only that, some are willing to
spend hundreds to millions of rupiah just to buy ornamental plants at this
time.
"Yes, so far people have started
doing business selling ornamental plants. When it was not yet a trend, people
did not seem to care about ornamental plants and even these ornamental plants
were not cared properly and were just thrown away by people. But, now people
are even willing to buy flowers at high prices, " She said.
At the moment, Mardesi is focusing on
caring for her flowers so they can reproduce properly. She plans that when the
flowers start to grow, she will sell them. Until now, many people have asked
whether her flowers can be sold, but her flowers still cannot be sold because she
only has one pot of each type for now.
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