【Vicky's Flowers】 What's the Name of These Flowers 🌺这是什么花勒？🌺 #17

When you look at the flower in the picture above, do you know the name of her?

In the perspective of stalks and petals, it reminds me of the wild orchids that bloom and emit pleasing fragrance every year in my home. From the aspect of the part of leaf and stem, this kind of plant seems quite different from the orchid.

Well, What's the Name of These Flowers?

看到图片中的这种花，你最先想到的是什么名字呢？

看着花柄和花瓣展开的样子，我觉得像极了家里每年开花并散发出幽幽香气的野兰花。但是从叶片和茎的部分来看，这种植物又和我印象中兰花的样子相差非常多。那么，这是什么花勒？

I found this flower during a city walk while writing the article The Time-honored TCM Pharmacies: Hu Qing Yu Tang. If you check out the time of the post, you must be surprised about my procrastination...

Anyway, the name of the plant is Dendrobium Candidum, which is well-known in traditional Chinese medical science。

这种花我是在写【Vickyの杭州印象】历史悠久的中医药房：胡庆余堂这次城市行走中发现的，这篇文章还曾经得到@sweetsssj小姐姐的upvote，超开心的。如果大家去翻这一篇文章的时间，大会对我的拖延症佩服的五体投地吧…

言归正传，看到这张照片大家应该也知道这种植物的名字了吧。没错，她就是大名鼎鼎的「铁皮石斛」。

Because of my low immunity and stomach trouble, I used to take fresh dendrobium candidum for a long time.

My mother usually wash them in the evening and put them into a electric casserole. When we get up the next morning, we'll put some crystal sugar into the liquid and drink it. I'm not sure if it really works, but I did not a cold or stomach ache in these years.

This is the first time I have seen so many dendrobium candidum flowers.

我因为抵抗力低下以及深受胃病的困扰，曾经吃过很长一段时间新鲜的铁皮石斛。一般来说妈妈会在晚上将它们洗干净以后放进小砂锅，第二天早上加入黄冰糖以后直接当作水来喝。我不太确定这是否真的有其效果，但是那两三年真的没有感冒和胃痛过。

这也是我第一次见到如此多的铁皮石斛花，没想到她们居然长的如此淡雅。

Here I would like to talk about two concepts of dendrobium candidum, after I consulting the revenant information with the staffs in Hu Qing Yu Tang.

1. Dendrobium is similar to dendrobium candidum but they are definitely different kinds plants. They have a series of differences in roots, leaves, flowers, etc., while I don't know much about them. If the @ffcrossculture noticed this article, please tells us more detailed information about this plant :D

2. 「Tiepi Fengdou」is is a processing method of dendrobium candidum, not a new species. This disposal method makes it easier for us to store the plants than the fresh one.

在这里要讲两个概念，我也是问了胡庆余堂的工作人员才知道的。

1、石斛和铁皮石斛是很类似的植物，但不是同一种植物。它们在根茎叶花等方面都诸多的不多，但我不是特别懂这些。如果@ffcrossculture老师有看到这篇文章的话，还请多多和大家科普一下:D

2、铁皮枫斗是铁皮石斛的一种炮制方法，不是新的物种。我们看到的铁皮枫斗形状有些像是螺丝，其实是铁皮石斛叶茎的部分。这样的处置方法，比新鲜的更加有助于储存。

For the dendrobium candidum and orchid belongs to the same family, they're quite similar with each other and share the resembling smell.

After walking out of Hu Qing Yu Tang, we came to the Main Street of Hefang Street. Apart from the Gongchen Bridge Historical Block, Hefang Street is my other choice to wandering around. If you're interested in Gongchen Bridge Historical Block I mentioned, here's some introductions below about that area.

我们会觉得铁皮石斛的花与兰花长得很像，其实是因为两者都是兰科植物。如果你凑近去闻一闻的花，会发现两者的香味也比较接近。

走出胡庆余堂以后，我们来到河坊街的主干道上。除了拱宸桥以后，这里是我很喜欢的历史气息很浓重的一个街区。如果大家对拱宸桥文化街区有兴趣的话，欢迎阅读下列文章唷:D

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