What are the species of Dendrobium which is one of the four ornamental flowers?

Dendrobium is an orchid plant. The flower is a unique "Dendrobium"-shaped flower with bright color and fragrant smell, which is regarded as one of the "four ornamental flowers". In addition to ornamental, it can also be used medicinally. So, what are the species of Dendrobium?

A brief introduction to Dendrobium!

1. What are the aliases of Dendrobium?

The aliases of Dendrobium are Dendrobium, immortal grass, reviving grass, purple lingering plant, hanging orchid, forest orchid, forbidden life, golden hairpin, etc., the stem is erect, fleshy and fleshy, cylindrical, 10-60 cm long, 1.3 cm thick; raceme with 1-4 flowers, white with lavender apex, sometimes all purplish red or white except for a purplish red patch on the labial disc.

2. What is the effect and function of Dendrobium?

Dendrobium can be used as medicine, and the part of the medicine is fresh or dry stem, which has the effect of benefiting stomach, nourishing yin and clearing heat. it is often used for fever, mouth dryness and thirst, stomach yin deficiency, less dry retching, deficiency and heat after illness, exuberant fire due to yin deficiency, bone steaming heat, dark vision, impotence and weakness of muscles and bones.

What are the species of Dendrobium?

There are many kinds of Dendrobium. Here we will introduce several kinds of Dendrobium with medicinal or horticultural value, such as Huoshan Dendrobium, Dendrobium candidum, Dendrobium nobile, Dendrobium candidum, Drum Dendrobium, Dendrobium candidum, Dendrobium candidum, Dendrobium candidum.

1. Dendrobium huoshan

Huoshan Dendrobium, also known as Dendrobium, Dendrobium, Emperor Grass, is endemic to China, is a national first-class protected plant, is the best of Dendrobium, and has good medicinal value; it is mainly produced in Huoshan County, Anhui Province, in the Dabie Mountains. Most of them grow between cloud-shrouded cliff rocks and towering ancient trees, and are born on tree trunks and valley rocks in mountain forests. Historically, it has been used exclusively for the royal family, mainly refining everlasting elixir, known as "the first of the nine immortal grass in China", "life-saving fairy grass", "the best of Chinese immortal grass", "health soft gold" and so on.

2. Dendrobium candidum

Dendrobium candidum, also known as Herba nigra, Yunnan Iron and Iron Dou, has good medicinal value. it is distributed in southwestern Anhui, eastern Zhejiang, western Fujian, northwest Guangxi, Sichuan and southeastern Yunnan. born on semi-damp rocks in mountains up to 1600 meters above sea level.

3. Dendrobium nobile

Dendrobium nobile, also known as Wanzhang beard, golden hairpin, flat golden hairpin, flat yellow grass, flat grass, hanging orchid, is a valuable traditional Chinese medicine in China, which is listed as the top grade in Shennong Materia Medica Classic. it is mainly distributed in Chishui, Xishui and Luzhou, Sichuan, especially Dendrobium nobile in Chishui, Guizhou.

4. Dendrobium candidum

Dendrobium candidum, also known as Dendrobium candidum, is a plant for both medicine and food, can be eaten fresh, can also be artificially rubbed into purple maple dou, and can also be deeply processed into beverages, tablets, capsules, granules, etc.; mainly distributed in northwest Guangxi, southwest Guizhou, southeast to west of Yunnan, southeast of Xizang, mostly attached to the trunk of the old forest in deep mountains with sufficient scattered light.

5. Dendrobium candidum

Dendrobium candidum has high horticultural value. It grows from southern to western Yunnan, and is born on the trunk or on the rocks under the sparse forest in the sunny evergreen broad-leaved forest at an altitude of 520-1620 meters.

6. Dendrobium candidum

Dendrobium candidum has high horticultural value. It is native to Guangxi, southern Guangdong, Hainan, southwestern Guizhou and southern Yunnan. It is born on the trunk or on the rock under the forest in the mountain forest at an altitude of 400-1500 meters.

7. Dendrobium candidum

Dendrobium candidum has high horticultural value, which is found in south of Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi Province, southern Gansu, Henan, southeastern Hubei, southeastern Hunan, northwestern Guangxi, southern to northeastern Sichuan, southern to southwestern Guizhou and southeastern Yunnan. Born on tree trunks or valley rocks in mountain forests at an altitude of 700-1500 meters.

8. Dendrobium candidum

Dendrobium double-lipped Dendrobium has high horticultural value. It is native to Anhui, southern Jiangxi, Hunan, southwestern Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, southwestern Guizhou and southeastern Yunnan. It is born on tree trunks and wet rocks in mountain forests and valleys at an altitude of 1260 meters.

The above is one of the four major ornamental flowers of Dendrobium species introduction, mainly introduced Huoshan Dendrobium, Dendrobium candidum, Dendrobium nobile Dendrobium, Dendrobium candidum, drumstick Dendrobium, Dendrobium candidum, hope to be useful to everyone.