What do you know about a wild orchid plant? Flowers have a huge variety of species. They differ in their place of origin, color and even structure. Thailand, more than other countries where these exotic plants grow, exports wild orchids. The photos below perfectly demonstrate their delicate beauty and attractiveness. There is an interesting Thai legend about these flowers. It has been preserved among the people since ancient times, according to it, the wild orchid is named after the beautiful girl Kuai-mai. Her soul, after an absurd death, moved into this wonderful flower.
Wild orchid accompanies Thais in all life's affairs. These people associate many signs with the Kuai Mai flower. For each holiday, the population weaves garlands from them and appeases their gods and spirits from the other world with them. A wild orchid is brought from the forest as a gift to newlyweds as a symbol of happiness and peace. Lilac flowers are given to expectant mothers with the wish to give birth to a daughter. The wild yellow orchid serves as a symbol of family we alth and we alth. They are braided into garlands and taken to the temple so that the gods will bless them with material we alth. Traditionally, northIn the eastern part of Thailand, it is customary to weave wreaths of forest orchids in order to ward off the souls of deceased relatives from home.
Full understanding of this people's love for the flowers of Kuai Mai is given by an old legend, according to which the only beautiful daughter grew up in one rich family. She was not only beautiful, but also very capricious, just like an orchid flower. Many guys were eager to offer their hearts to her. But she was cold and arrogant. The girl did not even want to notice any of them, especially the neighbor's young man who had loved the beautiful Kuai-mai since childhood.
But one day the same arrogant and beautiful, but unfamiliar guy came to their village for a holiday. Seeing him, Kuai-mai burned with passion. But her chosen one remained indifferent to her. Then the young maiden took the gifts and went to the sorceress with a request to help her conquer this proud man. But the evil witch refused to fulfill her request, concealing from Kuai-mai that the boy who struck the beauty's heart was the son of an old woman.
The capricious girl did not want to accept the refusal, then the sorceress set her own conditions. She said the boy would love Kuai Mai too. But for this, after death, the body of the girl will belong to her. The proud woman laughed in response. She liked the conditions. She thought that she would not die soon, and what difference does it make to her body after death.
Returning home, Kuai-mai met with her lover, and a few days later died unexpectedly. While her relatives were preparing for burial, her body disappeared. Evil incarnated in himwitch. A young man who loved Kuai Mai from childhood, once got lost in the forest. There he found a beautiful wild orchid and recognized in it the soul and character of his beloved.
Maybe that's why growing orchids at home is not easy. The flower is not only very beautiful, but capricious and demanding. Those who give their heart to him remain faithful to orchids for their whole lives, like this Thai youth. For this devotion, the plant rewards its owners with joy and fills their hearts with inexhaustible love.
