| Bulbophyllum subumbellatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Rolfe ex Cooper) Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
| published in | Journal of the Linnean Society of Botany, London 31 : 274 1895 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Pahudiella Garay, Hamer & Siegerist, 1994 | |
| 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 | swampy forests, on trunks and branches covered with moss in Malaysia (Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching), |
| Brunei (Belait Melilas Paleh, Belait Labi Wasai Mendaran) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 250 m (0 - 825 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Kuching (Sarawak, Malaysia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 150 m / 500 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kuching this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h .05 m' to 11 h 05 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 cm (2.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3 | |
| size | single flower 3 L 1.3 cm (1.2" L 0.52") - inflorescence 3 L 2.5 cm (1.2" L 1") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 6 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
