Beautiful butterfly orchids cultivated at a smart production base in Dongying district, which is located in Dongying city, Shandong province, are now ready for the market.

The Yellow River Estuary Orchid Valley project, located in Niuzhuang town in Dongying district, is a high-end intelligent rare orchid production base that integrates seedling tissues, cultivation, research and development, testing, display and sales, and intelligent greenhouse facilities. It has cultivated over 150 species of the plants.

With the application of 5G digital agriculture intelligent internet of things technology, the project has optimized the standardization, digitalization and intelligence of flower planting management.

A worker cultivates butterfly orchids at the Yellow River Estuary Orchid Valley production base. [Photo/Dazhong Daily]

An employee inspects butterfly orchids at a smart production base in Dongying district. [Photo/Dazhong Daily]

More than 150 orchid species are planted at the intelligent production base in Dongying. [Photo/Dazhong Daily]

Market demand for the butterfly orchid is surging as the Chinese Lunar New Year approaches. [Photo/Dazhong Daily]