Dendrobium peguanum photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 3 : 19 1859 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Malaxideae | |
subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
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 | decidous forests, on shrubs or rocks, next rivers, in India (Sikkim, Manipur, Orissa, Jaspur, Gujarat, Konkan, Ghats, Kanara), Nepal, Burma (Tenasserim, Maymyo, Chin Hills, Hlain Dirt, Pegu, Prome), Thailand |
altitude | 300 - 400 m (990 - 1320 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Pegu (Bago, Burma) |
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Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 350 m / 1155 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Pegu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 1 - 2 cm (0.4" - 0.8"), apical |
nr flowers | 4 - 6, fragrants | |
size | single flower 1.2 L 0.7 cm (0.48" L 0.28") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 - 70 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |