Edible orchids

**F*@aol.com**

Does anyone know what orchids are typically used as garnishes by restaurants? 
Waiters and chefs have assured me they're edible (the flowers, not the 
staff), if not overly flavorful, and I've eaten them with no ill effects; but there 
are no botanists in the kitchens. They don't know what they're putting on the 
plate other than that it's "an orchid." 
I think I ate a Dendrobium bloom, but I'm not sure. Anyone? And can anyone 
name a source that grows the things for consumption, i.e., sans nasty chemicals?

JF
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