A team of Chinese researchers have identified a new species of dendrobium, a genus of orchids known locally as shihu, in Ya'an, Sichuan province. The discovery was published recently in the botanical ...

Hong Liu received funding from the Guangxi Chairman’s Foundation (09203-04), the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund 0905324 and Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. China is well known for its ...

Dendrobium officinale, a prized medicinal herb, is valued for its bioactive mannans—compounds with documented antioxidant effects, immune-enhancing properties, and potential to alleviate type 2 ...

Walking into his garden in early January to start watering his collection of orchids, breeder and researcher Ajantha Palihawadana noticed some flowers that looked different amidst the Dendrobiums. He ...