| Mastigion putidum | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Bulbophyllum appendiculatum / Bulbophyllum ornatissimum) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Teijsmann & Binnendijk) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer, Fritz & Siegerist, Emily S. |
| published in | Nordic Journal of Botany 14 ( 6 ) : 637 1994 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Mastigion Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 | |
| 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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of | origins | forests of south Thailand, and Indonesia (Java ?) |
| there are identification problems, and confusion, on this plant | ||
| for Nantya Vaddhanaphuti (Wild Orchids of Thailand, terd ed.) this flower is a Mastigion putidum | ||
| we are successfully cultivated in the temperate house | ||
| altitude | ||
| habitat |
climate informations from Gunug Kendil (Central Java, Indonesia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 1650 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Gunug Kendil this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 29 m' to 11 h 31 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 7 cm (2.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, smelly | |
| size | single flower 1,5 L 16 cm (0.6" L 6.4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 - 25 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
