Dipodium pictum photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | Xenia Orchidacea 2 : 15 1862 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Dipodiinae | |
genus | Dipodium R Brown 1810 | |
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 forests of Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Sipitang, ), Sarawak Lundu, Sebako River, Ponontomon, Pensiangan), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Brunei (Belait), Papua |
altitude | 5 - 1300 m (16 - 4290 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Seria (Belait, Brunei) |
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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 650 m / 2145 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Seria this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 18 m' to 11 h 42 m' | |
life form | epiphyte, litophyte or geophyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12"), axillary |
nr flowers | 6 - 8 | |
size | single flower 2.7 L 4 cm (1" L 1.6") - inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |