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How to make Dendrobium into what it looks like in the picture

The processing method of maple dendrobium has been mentioned in many literatures. Through analyzing and investigating, we summarize the main steps as follows:

1) Rectification: Fresh Dendrobium raw materials are removed from roots, peduncles and stripped of leaf sheaths, short strips are kept for use, and the long strips are cut into short segments (5-7cm).

2) Baking: low temperature baking, remove water and soften, in order to facilitate the curling, and at the same time in the process of softening, as far as possible to remove the residual leaf sheath.

3) Curling and banding: the purpose of banding is to make the curling tight, not spread out, beautiful shape, uniform. The material used to make the hoop is usually straw.

4) drying: the key to drying is to be low temperature to avoid scorching. It should be golden yellow.

5) Graded: After drying, the maple buckets are graded according to specifications, and the appearance is brushed or polished according to the needs of customers.

In Yueqing processing sites, we have found that individual farmers in order to make the color of the maple pipe look good, using burning old newspapers to beat the maple pipe in order to make the maple pipe to increase the color of the maple pipe, this method of maple pipe and the environment are caused by pollution.