Bulbophyllum perpendiculare ? photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 10 : 179 1911 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1820 | |
Section | Stachysanthes (Blume) J.J. Vermullen & P.O. O' Byrne 2008 | |
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 | Indonesia (Celebes to Gunong Masarang and Sulawesi, in Mamasa Valley) |
altitude | 1350 m (4471 ft) in the Celebes, 1200 m (3960 ft) in Mamasa Valley | |
habitat | climate informations from Mamasa (West Sulawesi, 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 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Mamasa this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
the % RH is Mamuju (altitude of 7 m / 23 ft) 62 km (38,5 miles) of road distance from Mamasa | ||
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade or low | |
inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), basal |
nr flowers | 1 - 3 | |
size | single flower 0.9 L 0.9 cm (3.6 L 3.6") - inflorescence 0.9 L 2 cm (0.36" L 0.8") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 8 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |