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Objective: To establish a HPLC fingerprint method for assessing the quality of Dendrobium huoshanense, in addition to determining concentrations of syringic acid, rutin, dendrophenol and naringenin in this crude drug. Methods: Agilent C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) was utilized with the mobile phase comprising methanol-0.1% phosphoric acid with the flow rate of 1 mL/min in a gradient elution manner. The detection wavelength was set at 240 nm and the column temperature was 30 ℃. The resultant chromatograms were imported to Similarity Evaluation System for Chromatographic Fingerprint of Chinese Materia Medica (2012.1) to obtain retention time and peak area of samples. Similarity for 39 sets of samples were analyzed. The peak area data were processed by SPSS software for cluster analysis and the clustering effect was discussed. Results: The line relationship of this way was good (R > 0.999), with high precision regarding instrument used (RSD < 3.00%), the method showed good reproducibility (RSD < 3.00%), standard recovery was between 99.26% and 100.32% (RSD of 0.35%-1.67%). Different growth period and different planting patterns of D. huoshanense were distinct regarding the concentration of four compounds. Conclusion: The method is useful to evaluate and discriminate D. huoshanense at different growth period for the purpose of providing scientific reference on harvest, development and evaluation of D. huoshanense.