Bulbophyllum anguste-ellipticum photo C. Solimbergo | ||
(Bulbophyllum nigrescens variety ?) |
taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
pubblished in | Nordic Journal of Botany 1 : 209 1981 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Hirtula Ridley 1908 | |
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 | Thailand (Doi Ngao, Mê Yawt, Chêm, Doi Sutep, Doi Irthanon), Viet Nam, China (Yunnan) |
habitat | climate informations from the weather station Doi Irthanon National Park (Chiang Mai / Chiang Rai, Thailand) | |
Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Doi Irthanon this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
altitude | 600 - 1000 m (1980 - 3300 ft) | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 35 - 37 cm (14" - 14.8"), basal |
nr flowers | 24 - 26 | |
misure | single flower 1.5 L 2 cm (0.6" L 2") - inflorescence 15 L 3 cm (6" L 1.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 giorn | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |