News----South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2015-11-20

Significant progress of propagation in vitro and mechanism of seed asymbiotic germination of Paphiopedilum armeniacum was made by South China Botanical Garden

Paphiopedilum species, popularly known as slipper orchids because of the resemblance of their pouch-shaped lip to a lady’s slipper, gorgeous flower color and long-lasting flowering, have captured the interest of many orchid growers and hobbyists and are one of the most popular and rare orchid genera being sold and exhibited today. Wild populati...

2015-10-28

Series of review papers of Dendrobium were published in international journals of plant sciences

Dendrobium is one of the largest genera of orchidaceae in the world, which includes more than 1500 species and more than 80 species in China. Many Dendrobium species have high ornamental value and important medical value, such as Dendrobium officinale, D. huoshanense and D. nobile, etc. In 1970s, Professor Sijun Cheng in South China Botanical G...

2015-08-27

Visit of a delegation from University of Ruhuna

South China Botanical Garden, CAS welcomed a delegation from University of Ruhuna on August 26,2015. The aim of the visit was to establish research collaboration in the area of medicinal plants. The vice chancellor, Prof. Gamini Senanayake highly praised the research conducted by the University of Ruhuna and expressed their willingness to go for...

2015-07-28

Agreements signing with Germany, Bolivia and Vietnam

SCBG signed cooperation agreements with Bolivia University of San Andres(UMSA), Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Vietnam Academy of Sciences and Technology, and Germany University of Wuerzburg in June,2015.
　　