supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (XDA0420203);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32270214 to XJ);China's National Basic Science and Technology Program (2018FY100801)。
Orchidaceae are one of the largest families of angiosperms in terms of species richness.In the last decade,numerous studies have delved into reconstructing the phylogenetic framework of Orchidaceae,leveraging data fro...
funded by the CAMS Innovation Fund for Medical Sciences(CIFMS)(No.2021-I2M-1-032);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.81973423,82173923).
The family Orchidaceae is of the most diverse taxon in the plant kingdom,and most of its members are highly valuable herbal medicines.Orchids have a unique mycorrhizal symbiotic relationship with specific fungi for ca...
Zhang and collaborators[1]demonstrated that bees of the genus Ctenoplectra collect oil from the newly reported oilreward orchids of the genera Dendrobium and Galeola in Asia,and that the majority of the bees that carr...
The awarding ceremony of the inaugural Orchid Awards was held in Beijing on September 8,2023.Ten foreigners received awards for their outstanding contributions to cultural exchange and mutual learning between China an...
This work was financially supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2020YFB1711300);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.52275425);the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province for Distinguished Young Scholars(Grant No.2021B1515020087).
Learning hydrophobic phenomena from nature is always a promising approach to design the superhydrophobic surface.Purple orchid leaf which processes superhydrophobicity is an ideal plant model,and through mimicking its...
funded by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872151,31672184);Guangzhou Science and Technology Project(2022B03J00703);the Innovation Team of Modern Agriculture Industry Technology System in Guangdong Province(2021KJ121);the Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences Discipline Team Construction Project(202127TD,R2020PY-JX018,BZ202006).
The orchid,the champagne of f lowers,brings luxury,elegance,and novelty to nature.Cymbidium sinense is a symbol of gigantic floral variability on account ofwavering shapes and sizes of f loral organs,althoughmarker-tr...
Having been cultivated in China for over 2,000 years,orchids,with a quiet elegance and faint aroma,symbol-ize noble character and behavior in Chinese culture.They are also often used as a symbol of friendship.To rewar...
supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.32071819);Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2021A1515012170);the Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(Grant No.2022B0202080002)。
Orchid plants develop protocorms upon germination and produce protocorm-like structures called protocorm-like bodies(PLBs)from protocorms and somatic cells via tissue culture.Protocorm-like bodies have broad technical...
supported by the Project for Innovation Team of Yunnan Province (202105AE160012);the Project for Construction of International Flower Technology Innovation Center and Achievement Industrialization (2019ZG006);the Project for the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species;the KC Wong Education Foundation,CAS;the project for High-level Talent Training Plan of Yunnan Province
Dendrobium nobile is an important medicinal and nutraceutical herb.Although the ingredients of D.nobile have been identified as polysaccharides,alkaloids,amino acids,flavonoids and bibenzyls,our understanding of the m...
supported by Doctoral Program of Yunnan Forestry Technological College(KY(ZD)201905);the Candidates of the Young and Middle Aged Academic Leaders of Yunnan Province[202305AC160024];Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization(OU202201)to Q.Liu.
Global biodiversity loss and mass extinction of species have raised serious global concerns,especially in fragile ecosystems.Karst forest,a well-known fragile ecosystem,is served as a natural laboratory for biogeograp...