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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Lindley) van Steenis, Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan |
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published in |
The Mountain Flora of Java t . 36 1972 |
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Family |
Orchidaceae |
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Subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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Tribe |
Malaxideae |
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Subtribe |
Dendrobiinae |
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Genus |
Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 |
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Section |
Desmosanthes (Blume) JJ Smith 1933 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
forests in India (Nicobare Islands), Malesia (Selangor, Gombak, Forest Research Ins.,Terengganu, Sabah), |
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Indonesia (Java, Sumatra) |
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altitude |
500 - 1000 m (1650 - 3300 ft) |
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habtat |
climate informations from Car Nicobar (Nicobar Islands, India) |
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Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Car Nicobar this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 36 m' to 11 h 24 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
5 cm (2") |
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nr flowers |
4 - 6 |
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size |
single flower 0,4 L 0,4 cm (0.16" L 0.16") - inflorescence 1 L 1,5 cm (0.4" L 0.6") |
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duration |
≈ 8 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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