| Dendrobium densiflorum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Wallich, Nathaniel |
| published in | Plantae Asiaticae Rariores 1 : 34, pl. 40 1830 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38, 40 | |
| 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 | on trunks or branches covered with moss, in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Sikkim, Khasi Hills, Suruk, Najok, Relli, Lopchu, Darjeeling), Nepal, Burma, Laos, Viet Nam (Dak Lak, Tay Ninh), China (Guagdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Xizang, Zizhiqu, Paai Poon Ts'ven, Faan Maan Ts'ven) |
| altitude | 300 - 2100 m (990 - 6930 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cherrapunji (Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, India) | |
| 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 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cherrapunji this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 41 m' to 10 h 19 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or lithophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | cm, from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 36 - 40, fragrans | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 3.5 cm (1.4" L 1.4") - inflorescence 20 L 9 cm (8" L 3.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 - 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
