Bulbophyllum laxiflorum

 Bulbophyllum laxiflorum

Bulbophyllum laxiflorum                                                                                                                                                 photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by (Blume) Lindley, John 
  published in       The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants  57     1830
     
   Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe Malaxideae 
  Subtribe  Dendrobiinae
  Genus  Bulbophyllum   Thouras  1822
  Section Corymbosia  (Blume) Pfeiffer  1870
     
  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 throughout in all tha Southeast Asia, and the forests in Malaysia (Borneo, Bali, Mt. Agung),  
    Indonesia (Sumatra, Sarawak), Hong Kong
  altitudie 100 - 1500 m (330 - 4950 ft)                
  habitat climate informations from Sibu (Sarawak, Malaysia)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) :
    Bulbophyllum laxiflorum a gr it
  photoperiod in Sibu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   partial shade
     
inflorescence      length 7 - 8 cm  (2.8" - 3.2"), basal
  nr flowers  12 - 13, fragrant
  size single flower  1 L 1.5 cm  (0.4" L 0.6") - inflorescence
  duration inflorescence4 - 5 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days
     
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