Editing Dendrobium (section)

==Uses==
===Use in horticulture===
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''Dendrobium'' is abbreviated as '''Den.''' by the [[Royal Horticultural Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/plant-registration-forms/orchid-name-abbreviations-list.pdf|title=Alphabetical list of standard abbreviations of all generic names occurring in current use in orchid hybrid registration as at 31st December 2007|publisher=Royal Horticultural Society}}</ref> Some species are in great demand by orchid lovers. This has resulted in numerous varieties and [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrids]], such as the [[noble dendrobium]] (''Den. nobile'') breeds, which have greatly extended the range of colors of the original plant from the [[Himalaya]]s. The flowers of ''[[Dendrobium stratiotes]]'' are known to remain fresh for nine months.<ref>{{cite book | editor= V.F. Haywood | date= 1992 | title= Flowering Plants of the World | location= New York | publisher= John Wiley and Sons | page= 217 (table 5-32)}}</ref>

Many ''Dendrobium'' species are known to vigorously remove [[toluene]] and [[xylene]] from the air.<ref>Wolverton (1996)</ref>

Several hybrids in this genus have been registered and named after notable persons and institutions:
* ''Dendrobium'' [[Ismail Sabri Yaakob]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.8world.com/singapore/orchid-named-after-msian-pm-ismail-sabri-yaakob-1659706|title=新品种胡姬花以马国首相名字命名|date=29 November 2021 |publisher=8视界|language=zh}}</ref>
* ''Dendrobium'' [[Bae Yong-joon]]
* ''Dendrobium'' [[Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry|SCCCI 100th Anniversary]]
* ''Dendrobium'' [[Margaret Thatcher]]
* ''Dendrobium'' [[Iriana|Iriana Jokowi]]
* ''Dendrobium'' [[Joseph Schooling]]
* ''Dendrobium'' [[Yip Pin Xiu]]

The grex ''Dendrobium'' Berry gx<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/327500/Dendrobium-Berry-gx/Details | title = ''Dendrobium'' Berry gx | publisher = RHS | access-date = 5 May 2020}}</ref> has received the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].

===Medicinal uses===
[[File:Dendrobium_nobile_-_Larssen.jpg|thumb|A [[Noble dendrobium|nobile-type]] 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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Dendrobium_(PROSEA) | title=Dendrobium (PROSEA) - PlantUse English }}</ref> The [[noble dendrobium]] (''D. nobile'') for example is one of the [[Chinese herbology#50 fundamental herbs|50 fundamental herbs]] used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]], where it is known as ''shí hú'' ([[wiktionary:石|石]][[wiktionary:斛|斛]]) or ''shí hú lán'' ([[wiktionary:石|石]][[wiktionary:斛|斛]][[wiktionary:兰|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)."<ref>{{cite book | author=J. H. Maiden | year=1889 | title=The useful native plants of Australia : Including Tasmania | publisher= Turner and Henderson, Sydney | url=https://primo-slnsw.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=SLNSW_ALMA21105097830002626&context=L&vid=SLNSW&search_scope=EEA&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US}}</ref>

===In culture===
Many species and [[cultivar]]s of this genus are well-known [[floral emblem]]s and have been figured in artwork. Among the former are:
* ''[[Dendrobium formosum]]'' (beautiful giant-flowered dendrobium) &ndash; emblem of [[Ranong Province]] ([[Thailand]])
* ''Dendrobium'' 'Kim il Sung' ([[Kimilsungia]]) &ndash; emblem of [[North Korea]]<ref>Soediono, Noes, Arditti, Joseph and Soediono, Rubismo. Kimilsungia: How an Indonesian Orchid Became a Revered Symbol in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea After Its Name was Changed. Plant Science Bulletin 75 3 pp. 103-113</ref>
* ''[[Dendrobium moniliforme]]'' (Sekikoku) &ndash; emblem of [[Matsushima, Miyagi]] ([[Japan]])
* ''[[Dendrobium nobile]]'' (noble dendrobium) &ndash; emblem of [[Sikkim]] ([[India]])
* ''[[Dendrobium bigibbum]]'' (Cooktown orchid, ''anggrek larat'') &ndash; emblem of [[Maluku (province)|Maluku]] province ([[Indonesia]]) and [[Queensland]] ([[Australia]]).
* ''[[Dendrobium utile]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:628862-1|title=Dendrobium utile J.J.Sm.|website=Plants of the World Online}}</ref><!-- might not be correct name or genus --> (locally known as ''anggrek serat'') &ndash; emblem of the [[Indonesia]]n province of [[South East Sulawesi]]

The Cooktown orchid was figured on Australian [[Postage stamp|stamp]]s 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 &ndash; [[S$]]10<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/orchid_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Orchid_Series__10.html |title=MAS: Orchid Series - $10 |access-date=2008-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124202221/http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/orchid_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Orchid_Series__10.html |archive-date=2008-11-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Dendrobium Shangri-La &ndash; S$500<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/orchid_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Orchid_Series__500.html |title=MAS: Orchid Series - $500 |access-date=2008-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124202142/http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/orchid_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Orchid_Series__500.html |archive-date=2008-11-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Dendrobium Kimiyo Kondo &ndash; S$1000<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/orchid_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Orchid_Series__1000.html |title=MAS: Orchid Series - $1000 |access-date=2008-11-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081125025907/http://www.mas.gov.sg/currency/currency_info/notes/orchid_series/Singapore_Circulation_Notes_Orchid_Series__1000.html |archive-date=2008-11-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The golden-bow dendrobium (''[[Dendrobium chrysotoxum|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]]''.