Nurseries step up seedling cultivation for spring transplanting in SW China's Guizhou

Photo taken on January 9, 2026, shows a worker tending dendrobium seedlings in a tissue culture laboratory at a dendrobium nursery base in Guandong Town, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Seedling enterprises in Congjiang County are busy cultivating dendrobium, monk fruit and passion fruit seedlings, preparing them for transplantation in the coming spring. (Lu Zhongnan/Guangming Pictures)

Photo taken on January 9, 2026, shows a worker tending dendrobium seedlings in a tissue culture laboratory at a dendrobium nursery base in Guandong Town, Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Seedling enterprises in Congjiang County are busy cultivating dendrobium, monk fruit and passion fruit seedlings, preparing them for transplantation in the coming spring. (Lu Zhongnan/Guangming Pictures)