On August 11, in the International Dendrobium Research and Development Center in Qingbaijiang District, Chengdu, the staff were busy weeding and watering.

Dendrobium is called "the giant panda in the world of medicinal plants". At present, there are more than 1,500 Dendrobium provenances in the world, and there are 1,097 species collected here, accounting for 73% of the global Dendrobium provenance, making it the world's largest Dendrobium provenance. Library.

  The Dendrobium R&D center has a Dendrobium Provenance Science Hall, Dendrobium Provenance In situ, Dendrobium Flower Display Area, Dendrobium Medicinal Display Area, National Dendrobium Gene Bank, Dendrobium Product Display Area, etc.

On June 17 this year, the International Dendrobium R&D Center provided four types of Dendrobium to enter the China Space Station on the Shenzhou XII spacecraft. They will stay in space for three months for scientific research experiments.

(Produced by Zhang Lang, Chen Jing, and Li Jiali)

Editor in charge: [Wang Kai]