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Yunnan is located in southwest frontier region of China, particularly, at north latitude 21°8'30" to 29°15'8" and east longitude 97°31'39" to 106°11'47", and is an inland area with low latitude and high elevation. It is adjacent to Tibet and Sichuan in the north, Guizhou and Guangxi in the east, and Vietnam, Laos and Burma in the south and west. It has an area of around 390 thousand square meters, ranking the eighth in China.
The unique natural geological and climate conditions of Yunnan not only make it become one of the origins of ancient human being, and a vivid museum of nature that is rare on the world. Yunnan is reputed domestically and internationally as the “Kingdom of animals”, “Kingdom of plants”, “Natural garden”, “Kingdom of nonferrous metals” and the “Bank of biologic species and genes”. This is a marvelous land that is broad, full of passion, profound and charming. It is just like a splendid emerald that attracts tens of thousands of people who love the nature.
Yunnan has extremely abundant flower resources. According to the related statistics, there are around 2500 varieties, so that the people honored the name of “Natural garden” to Yunnan. The flower resources of Yunnan have began to be transplanted into Europe and American since more than 100 years ago, and the fantastic flowers of various appearances and rich colors have been cultivated for decorating the courtyards and plazas of Europe and America, which make it natural that there is a saying in the West Europe as“no flowers from Yunnan, no garden”. The worldly famous ornamental flowers as azalea, primrose, gentian, wormwood, lily and leopard flower etc. are all the treasures rich in Yunnan, which is also the main production area or center of distribution.
Orchid is a worldly famous flower, while in Yunnan, there are 684 varieties of adamandeve, including beyond 200 varieties of plants with important ornamental value, which is distributed in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of Yunnan, with few in the high and cold mountain regions. When you travel in the Yunnan region, from the tropical rain forest and monsoon forest to the sub-tropical evergreen hardwood forest and even the temperate zone coniferous forest, lawn and flowstone in the northwest of Yunnan, you can see the fantastic flowers with rich colors, which make you completely relaxed and happy. |
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