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taxonomy |
described by |
(Blume) Lindley, John |
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published in |
The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 57 1830 |
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Family |
Orchidaceae |
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Subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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Tribe |
Malaxideae |
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Subtribe |
Dendrobiinae |
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Genus |
Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 |
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Section |
Corymbosia (Blume) Pfeiffer 1870 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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native of |
origins |
throughout in all tha Southeast Asia, and the forests in Malaysia (Borneo, Bali, Mt. Agung), |
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Indonesia (Sumatra, Sarawak), Hong Kong |
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altitudie |
100 - 1500 m (330 - 4950 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Sibu (Sarawak, Malaysia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Sibu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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inflorescence |
length |
7 - 8 cm (2.8" - 3.2"), basal |
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nr flowers |
12 - 13, fragrant |
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size |
single flower 1 L 1.5 cm (0.4" L 0.6") - inflorescence |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 4 - 5 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days |
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CITES |
appendix |
II |