Bulbophyllum lasiochilum photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Parish, Samuel Bonsall & Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | Transaction of the Linnean Society of Botany, London 30 : 153 1874 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Umbellatae Bentham 1883 | |
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 Burma (Tenasserim), endemic in Thailand and Malaysia |
altitude | 1200 - 1500 m (3960 - 5940 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Mergui (Tenasserim, Burma) | |
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 1350 m / 4450 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Mergui this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 49 m' to 11 h 11 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 5 cm (2"), basal |
nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
size | single flower 4 L 2.5 cm (1.6" L 1") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
notes | no rest, but daily watering | |
CITES | appendix | II |