Three new varieties of Dendrobium nobile were released, among which the Taidong panda variety was the most special.

Dendrobium candidum is also a kind of orchid flower, although its popularity is far less than that of Phalaenopsis, it has the same characteristics as Phalaenopsis: easy tissue culture, flower shape and color in line with public aesthetic standards, and can be adjusted during delivery. Therefore, researchers are optimistic that Dendrobium candidum can be made. At the end of last year, the Agricultural improvement Farm of Taitung District of the Council of Agriculture successfully registered three new mating species "Taitung Xianglian", "Taitung Golden Peacock" and "Taitung Panda" at the RHS of the Royal Horticultural Society of the United Kingdom. After obtaining a commercial name, only Taitung Panda may apply for breed rights again.

Li Wen-nan, an assistant researcher at the improvement field in Taitung District, explained that after the new strain was selected and bred, the commodity name was registered and sold to manufacturers, allowing them to produce in large quantities as soon as possible, seize the market opportunity, and then continue to breed new varieties in the improvement market, so that the strains of Dendrobium candidum in spring will continue to be bred, giving Taiwan the name of Spring Dendrobium. Two new strains, Taitung Xianglian and Taitung Golden Peacock, may interview this model.

The three strains of Taitung fragrant lotus, Taitong golden peacock and Taitung panda all have the excellent characteristics of easy cultivation, good flowering, suitable for flat cultivation, flowering with leaves and full flower pattern. Taitung fragrant lotus is a safflower mating strain with stiff pedicels and strong contrast. Taitung golden peacock is a yellow mating strain with natural double peduncles and full blossoms.

As for Taitung panda, it is a safflower mating strain with purple round spots at the bottom of its side petals, which is a very rare feature of commercial varieties at present, and the flower pattern is round and lovely, which meets the requirements of the commercial market for Dendrobium candidum. Because the Taitung panda strain has the characteristics that are very rare in commercial varieties at present, Li Wennan wants to stay and apply for breed rights, only this one, because the strain is too good and is willing to wait for 2 years. Apply for the variety right and then launch it.

Taitung Xianglian and Taitung Golden Peacock are actually good. After buying out the strains, they can stay and re-breed, or produce bottle seedlings in large quantities and sell them. Li Wennan said that Taitung golden peacocks are yellow flowers, and yellow is a color that is quite difficult to obtain in spring Dendrobium. On the one hand, it is not easy to obtain parents, and on the other hand, the temperature has to be low enough to look good, like last year. But this year's climate will be too hot for yellow-flowered Dendrobium.

Analyzing the Dendrobium industry, Li Wennan thinks that the space is still very big, and the breeding of Phalaenopsis has reached the bottleneck area, and it is difficult to have a breakthrough development, but Dendrobium "still has many strains to develop, and this industry is still moving forward." Taiwan's Dendrobium candidum export market has Europe, Brazil and Australia, but at present, the export record of Dendrobium candidum is incorporated into the Dendrobium project, so it is impossible to know the export output value. But "believe that this industry can fly".

On the left is the fragrant lotus in Taitung, and on the right is the golden peacock in Taitung.

Taitung panda safflower mating line has purplish red spots at the bottom of its side petals, which is a very rare feature of commercial varieties at present, and the flower pattern is round and lovely, so that researchers are willing to wait two years to get the breed rights before launching.