Bulbophyllum siamense photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 572 1867 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Sestochilus (Breda) Bentham & Hooker f. 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, on tree trunks or branches, in India (Assam), Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia |
altitude | 300 - 1200 m (990 - 3960 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Sênmônourôm (Mondolkiri, Cambodia) | |
Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Sênmônourôm this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 49 m' to 11 h 11 m' | |
life form | epiphytic | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 12 cm (4.8"), basal |
nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
size | single flower 6 L 5 cm ( 2.4" L 2") | |
duration | single flower ≈ 14 days | |
time | to bloom from birth ≈ 30 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |