| Dockrillia cucumerina photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (W. Mc Leay ex Lindley) Brieger, Friedrich Gustav |
| published in | Die Orchideen 1 ( 11 - 12 ) : 745 . 1981 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Dockrillia Brieger 1981 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | origin | In casuarina forests in wetlands and swamps, in Australia, between Jimna (Queensland) and Picton (N.S.Wales), |
| In the inland areas (Armidale and the Blue Mountains), Papua and Pacific Islands | ||
| elevation | 50 - 800 m (165 - 2640 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Brownlow Hill, Queensland | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 450 m / 1500 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Brownlow Hill this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m' to 10 h 47 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 2 cm (0.8"), axillary |
| flowers | 3 - 5, with foul smelling | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 1 cm (1 L 0.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 5 dys | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 10 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
