Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Parish, Samuel Bonsall & Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | Transaction of the Linnean Society of Botany, London 30 : 152 1874 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Careyana Pfitzer 1888 | |
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 | Burma, Thailand (Kao Kuap, Krat, Malaysia |
altitude | 1000 - 1800 m (3300 - 5940 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Taunggyi (Shan, Burma) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1400 m / 4600 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Taunggyi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 22 m' to 10 h 38 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 14 cm (6.4"), basal |
nr flowers | ≈ 60 | |
size | single flower 1 L 0.5 cm (0.4" L 0.2"), deep 1 cm (0.4") - inflorescence 9 L 3 cm ( 3.6 L 1.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 12 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |