| Dendrobium spectabile photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Blume) Miquel, Anton Wilhelm |
| published in | Flora van Nederlandsch Indie 3 : 645 1859 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| sottotribù | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 |
primary rain swamps forests with mangroves, in Papua (East Sepik, Hombrom Bluff, Variarate, Agaun, |
| Port Moresby, Hombron Bluff, Musgrave River, Morobe, Atzera Range, Sepik), Islands of Bougainville, | ||
| Vanuatu, Solomon (Kolombangara, Malaita) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1100 (2000) m (0 - 3630 (6600 ) ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Kerembitia (Vanuatu) |
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| 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 550 m / 1815 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kerembitia this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 54 m' to 11 h 56 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 24 - 28 cm (9.6" - 11.2"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 8 - 13 | |
| size | single flower 7 L 7 cm (2.8" L 2.8") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | from birth to bloom, about 40 - 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
