Bulbophyllum khaoyaiense photo C. Solimbergo |
(Bulbophyllum tripudians) | ||
taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
published in | Botanisk Tidsskrift 65 : 342 1970 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe |
Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Tripudianthes Seidenfaden 1979 | |
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 in Thailand (Ban Kawng Hê, Doi Sutep, Doi Phu Kha, Nan), Burma, China (Yunnan) |
altitude | 960 - 1300 m (3168 - 4290 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Nan (Doi Phu Kha National Park, Thailand) | |
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 1100 m / 3630 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Nan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 16 cm (6.4"), basal |
nr flowers | 6 | |
size | single flower 1,5 L 1 cm (0.6" L 0.4") - deep 3,5 cm (1.4") - inflorescence 7 L 6 cm (2.8" L 2.4") | |
duration | inflorescence ~ 20 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ~ 50 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |