Dendrobium nobile var. formosanum photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plabnts 79 1830 | |
var. formosanum | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | The Gardens' Chronicle, new series 19 : 432 1883 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Malaxideae | |
subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(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 | Taiwan |
altitude | ≈ 1000 m (3300 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Dazhukeng (Taiwan) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Dazhukeng this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 32 m' to 10 h 28 m' | |
life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 3 - 6 cm (1.2" - 2.4"), from the upper nodes |
nr flowers | 4 - 5, fragrants | |
size | single flower 6 L 7 cm (2.4" L 2.8") - inflorescence 6 L 15 cm (2.4" L 6") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 - 40 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 - 150 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |