A method for cultivating dendrobium candidum is characterized in that seedlings of the dendrobium candidum are transplanted on withered waste wood. The waste wood is chosen from fortune paulownia wood, pine wood, chestnuts, cork oaks, german oaks, populus ussuriensis, elms, birches, locust trees, weeping willows and the like. Agaric or other funguses are planted on the wood at first, holes are drilled in the wood, and the drilling depth is 2-3cm. The seedlings are attached to skin or depressed portions or the drilled holes of the waste wood. According to the method, the wood is erected, vertical space is sufficiently utilized, the planting area is shortened, sunlight is sufficiently utilized, ventilating is facilitated, generation of plant diseases and insect pests is reduced, the wood where the agaric or other funguses are planted is utilized to provide natural nutrition for growth of the dendrobium candidum, waste materials are utilized, the amount of pesticide-added fertilizer is reduced, the dendrobium candidum higher in medical value, green, environmentally friendly and safer and more reliable in eating can be planted, and industrialized and scale development of the dendrobium candidum at low cost can be achieved.