Use in horticulture ''
Dendrobium is abbreviated as
Den. by the
Royal Horticultural Society. Some species are in great demand by
orchid collectors. This has resulted in numerous varieties and
hybrids, such as the
noble dendrobium (
Den. nobile) breeds, which have greatly extended the range of colours of the original plant from the
Himalayas. The flowers of
Dendrobium stratiotes are known to remain fresh for nine months. Many
Dendrobium species are known to filter
toluene and
xylene from the air. Several hybrids in this genus have been registered and given
cultivar names after notable persons and institutions: •
Dendrobium '
Ismail Sabri Yaakob' •
Dendrobium '
Bae Yong-joon' •
Dendrobium '
SCCCI 100th Anniversary' •
Dendrobium '
Margaret Thatcher' •
Dendrobium '
Iriana Jokowi' •
Dendrobium '
Joseph Schooling' •
Dendrobium '
Yip Pin Xiu' The grex
Dendrobium Berry gx has received the
Royal Horticultural Society's
Award of Garden Merit.
Medicinal uses cultivar or hybrid.
Dendrobium nobile has been extensively bred in the horticultural industry, resulting in cultivars and hybrids with exceptional flower count and various patterning. Some
Dendrobium species are cultivated as medicinal plants. The
noble dendrobium (
D. nobile) for example is one of the
50 fundamental herbs used in
traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as
shí hú (
石斛) or
shí hú lán (
石斛兰). The 1889 book 'The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that
Dendrobium canaliculatum was called "yamberin" by the Indigenous People of Queensland, Australia and that "The bulbous stems, after being deprived of the old leaves are edible (Thozet)."
In culture Many species and
cultivars of this genus are well-known
floral emblems and have been figured in artwork. Among the former are: •
Dendrobium formosum (beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium) – emblem of
Ranong Province (
Thailand) •
Dendrobium 'Kim il Sung' (
Kimilsungia) – emblem of
North Korea •
Dendrobium moniliforme (Sekikoku) – emblem of
Matsushima, Miyagi (
Japan) •
Dendrobium nobile (noble dendrobium) – emblem of
Sikkim (
India) •
Dendrobium bigibbum (Cooktown orchid,
anggrek larat) – emblem of
Maluku province (
Indonesia) and
Queensland (
Australia). •
Dendrobium utile (locally known as
anggrek serat) – emblem of the
Indonesian province of
South East Sulawesi The Cooktown orchid was figured on Australian
stamps in 1968 and 1998, and flowers of several
Dendrobium greges are depicted on the
obverse side of the
Singapore Orchid Series currency notes issued between 1967 and 1976: • Dendrobium Marjorie Ho –
S$10 • Dendrobium Shangri-La – S$500 • Dendrobium Kimiyo Kondo – S$1000 The golden-bow dendrobium (
D. chrysotoxum), colloquially called fried-egg orchid was one of the species grown by the fictional
private detective and orchid fancier
Nero Wolfe, and plays a role in
The Final Deduction. ==Gallery==