not yet in bloom
Bulbophyllum graveolens |
(Cirrhopetalum robustum) | ||
taxonomy | described by | Smith, Johannes Jacobus |
published in | Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg, sér. 2 8 : 24 1912 | |
Famigly | 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 | rainforests, on trunks in Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua (Port Moresby, Sewa Bay, Normanby Is.) |
altitude | not know, probably 100 - 600 m (330 - 1980 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Biak (Irian Jaya, Indonesia) | |
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 350 m / 1150 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Biak this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 04 m' to 11 h 56 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | |
nr flowers | ||
size | ||
duration | ||
time | from birth to flowering, ≈ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |