Bulbophyllum nymphopolitanum photo C. Solimbergo | ||
(Bulbophyllum levanae) | ||
taxonomy | described by | Kraenzlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig |
published in | Annales des Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 30 : 60 1916 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Lepidorhiza Schlechter 1911 | |
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 in The Philippines (Penay, Luzon, Leyte, Sibuyan Islands) |
altitude | 500 m (1650 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Sibuyan National Park (Romblon, Minaropa, The Philppines) | |
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 550 m / 1815 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Sibuyan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 49 m' to 10 h 11 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 7 cm (2.8"), basal |
nr flowers | 2 - 4, fragrant, one at a time | |
size | single flower 6 L 3 cm (2.4" L 1.2") | |
duration | single flower ≈ 3 - inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |