| Bulbophyllum frostii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Summerhayes) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer. Fritz & Siegerist, Emily |
| published in | Nordic Journal of Botany 14 ( 6 ) : 621 1994 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Cirrhopetalum Lindley 1824 | |
| 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 | evergreen forests in Viet Nam (Lam Dong, Ninh Thuang), Thailand |
| altitude | 600 - 1450 m (1980 - 4785 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Da Lat (Lam Dong, Thailand) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Da Lat this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 46 m' to 11 h 14 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 4 - 5, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 1.5 cm (1" L 0.6") - inflorescence 7 L 3 cm (2.8" L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 12 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
