Dendrobium has the function of nourishing yin and nourishing the eyes, and has been regarded as a good product for eye care by doctors in past dynasties. Modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that Dendrobium has obvious effects on preventing and treating senile cataracts and protecting children's eyesight. So how much is a gram of Dendrobium?

In the international market, Dendrobium candidum has been processed into a Chinese medicine called "Fengwei", which costs about $3,000 per kilogram and is the most expensive grass in the world.

This year, many domestic media reported that the price of fresh Dendrobium candidum fell sharply. In Yunnan, one of the main producing areas in China, from 2009 to now, the market price of fresh Dendrobium candidum was about 1200 yuan/kg at that time, and only a fraction of the high price in previous years at the end of last year.

At present, there are not many fresh Dendrobium officinale listed in Pan 'an, because only organic fertilizer is applied in planting, and the retail price per kilogram of three-year-old Dendrobium officinale is still around 800 ~1200 yuan, and the wholesale sales to pharmaceutical factories are lower than the retail price. Taobao sells two or three hundred yuan a kilogram, which is produced in Yunnan and can be harvested that year.

At present, many Wenzhou people sell fresh Dendrobium candidum on Taobao, and the price is also very low. The reason why they sell so low is that these Dendrobium candidum are not planted in Wenzhou, but planted in Yunnan base. Dendrobium candidum planted in Yunnan can be harvested that year, so it can be sold at a low price.

In Jinhua, the growth of Dendrobium candidum seedlings is slow and the growth cycle is long. It takes at least two years for the seedlings to be harvested for medicine. Generally, more fresh Dendrobium candidum strips can be harvested in the third year, so the medicinal components are better than those in Yunnan, and the price is higher. In Jinhua Shouxiangu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., the price of fresh Dendrobium candidum is still 2000 yuan per kilogram.