About the Authors

Guo-Qiang Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Guo-Qiang Zhang, Ming-He Li

Affiliations Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Ming-He Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Guo-Qiang Zhang, Ming-He Li

Affiliations College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Yong-Yu Su

Affiliations Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, College of Forestry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Li-Jun Chen

Affiliation Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China

Si-Ren Lan

lkzx@fafu.edu.cn (SRL); liuzj@sinicaorchid.org (ZJL)

Affiliations College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

Zhong-Jian Liu

lkzx@fafu.edu.cn (SRL); liuzj@sinicaorchid.org (ZJL)

Affiliations Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, The National Orchid Conservation Center of China and The Orchid Conservation and Research Center of Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China, College of Forestry, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Jinshan, Fuzhou, Fujian, China, College of Forestry, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZJL SRL MHL GQZ. Performed the experiments: GQZ MHL. Analyzed the data: MHL GQZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZJL GQZ YYS LJC. Wrote the paper: MHL ZJL GQZ. Revised the manuscript draft: ZJL SRL MHL GQZ.