Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon

Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon 

Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon                                                                                                                                            photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Parish, Samuel Bonsall  &  Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav 
  published in       Transaction of the Linnean Society of Botany, London  30 : 152    1874
     
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe Malaxideae 
  Subtribe Dendrobiinae
  Genus Bulbophyllum  Thouras 1822
  Section Careyana  Pfitzer 1888
     
  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 Burma, Thailand (Kao Kuap, Krat, Malaysia
  altitude  1000 - 1800 m  (3300 - 5940 ft)         
  habitat  climate informations from Taunggyi (Shan, Burma)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1400 m / 4600 ft) :
    Bulbophyllum sicyobulbon a gr uk
  photoperiod in Taunggyi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 22 m' to 10 h 38 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence   length 14 cm (6.4"), basal
  nr flowers ≈ 60
  size single flower  1 L 0.5 cm  (0.4" L 0.2"), deep 1  cm (0.4") - inflorescence  9 L 3 cm ( 3.6 L 1.2")
  duration inflorescence12 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days
     
CITES appendix II

    

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