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She is dropping off two bloomed-out dendrobiums and a cattleya and picking up a perky slipper orchid.

His dendrobiums, oncidiums, cattleyas and other orchids inhabit the window sills in his bathroom, kitchen and living room.

In China the dried stems of dendrobium orchids make shi-hu, which is believed to help with fevers, dry mouth, and other ailments.

The most ubiquitous lei — made of purple dendrobium orchids — is stocked by florists, the Los Angeles Flower Market and even Southland supermarkets.

And dendrobiums and other orchids fasten on the branches.