How to buy authentic Huoshan Dendrobium officinale:

Authentic Huoshan Dendrobium officinale is yellow-green, with a slight yellowish tint in the blue. The reason why it is called Dendrobium officinale is because of the color of the dendrobium. Like iron sheet. The yellow or golden dendrobium is mostly copper-skinned dendrobium, and its quality is much worse than that of candid dendrobium.

Good dendrobium will have an obvious sticky feeling when chewed in the mouth, a refreshing and sweet taste, and a slight residue. Today's dendrobium needs to be artificially cultivated in a greenhouse for more than a year, and then grown in the natural environment for more than a year. When growing naturally, dendrobium will grow a cortex to protect itself, so the dendrobium will be slightly scummy when chewed. The dendrobium that has been artificially cultivated in greenhouses does not produce a cortex, but has no residue. However, although this type of dendrobium contains polysaccharides and other colloids, it has fewer other nutrients.

Huoshan Dendrobium

A perennial epiphytic herb of the order Orchidaceae. It is mainly distributed in the Huoshan area of ??Anhui, China. The stem is upright, fleshy, unbranched, with leathery leaves and tongue-shaped oblong; the inflorescence stalk is 2 to 3 mm long, with 1 to 2 sheaths at the base, and the sheaths are papery; the flower bracts are light white with maroon, and the pedicels and ovaries are light yellow-green. , the flowers are light yellow-green, the petals are oval and oblong; the medicine cap is green and white, nearly hemispherical, and the flowering period is May. It mostly grows in rivers, valleys and cliffs, often growing with moss, stone reeds and other plants.

Growth habits of Huoshan Dendrobium

It is an unevolved aerial orchid and its growth conditions are extremely harsh. They mostly grow in rivers, valleys and cliffs, often growing together with moss, stone reeds and other plants. It likes a cool, humid, ventilated and foggy microclimate. It begins to grow when the temperature is 14°C. The most suitable temperature is 20-26°C and the air humidity is above 80. If the temperature is above 30°C and the relative humidity is below 20, the leaf veins will turn yellow, the leaves will droop, and the stems will shrink; if Excessive water seepage in cliff crevices can easily lead to root rot and death.