Bulbophyllum fritilariiflorum

not yet in bloom
Bulbophyllum fritilariiflorum       
  
taxonomy       described by Smith, Johannes Jacobus 
  published in       Buletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg    sèr. 2,3 : 76    1912
     
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily Epidendroideae
  Tribe Malaxideae 
  Subtribe Dendrobiinae
  Genus Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822
  Section Hyalosema  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 rainforests of Papua ( Sogeri Plateau, New Britain, New Ireland), on the horizontal branches
  altitude is not known, probably ∞500 m (1650 ft)  
  habitat climate informations from Kavieng (New Ireland, Papua)
    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 500 m / 1650 ft) :
    Bulbophyllum fritillariiflorum a gr uk
  photoperiod in Kavieng this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence    length  
  nr flowers  
  size  
  duration  
  time to bloom from birth, ~ days
     
CITES appendix II

                                                                                                                                    

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