Dendrobium nobile var alboluteum photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | The Genera and Species of Orcidaceous Plants 79 1830 | |
var. alboluteum | described by | Huyen & Averyanov, Leonid |
published in | Botanicnyj Zurnal 74 : 1039 1989 | |
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. | |
(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 | India (Lava,Damsan Gari, Kaffer, Kalimpong, Takdah, Darjeeling) |
altitude | 340 - 1600 m ( 1122 - 5280 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Darjeeling (West Bengal, India) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Darjeeling this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 48 m' to 10 h 12 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 3 cm (1.2"), from the upper nodes |
nr flowers | 2 - 4, fragrants | |
size | single flower 8 L 8 cm (3.2" L 3.2") - inflorescence 10 L 15 cm (4" L 6") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 - 60 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |