Bulbophyllum dentiferum photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Ridley) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer, Fritz & Siegerist, Emily |
published in | Nordic Journal of Botany 14 : 621 1994 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Cirrhopetalum Lindley 1824 | |
metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
native of | origins | forests of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Java) |
altitude | low | |
habitat | climate informations from Nakhon Si Thammarat ( Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand) | |
Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Nakhon this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 30 - 34 cm (12" - 13.6"), basal |
nr flowers | 11 - 13 | |
size | single flower 4 L 1 cm (1.6" L 0.4") - diameter 11 cm (4.4") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |