Bulbophyllum sukhakulii

Bulbophyllum sukhakulii 

Bulbophyllum sukhakulii                                                                                                                                                photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Seidenfaden, Gunnar 
  published in      Opera Botanica  124 : 38    1995
     
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe Malaxideae 
  Subtribe Dendrobiinae
  Genus Bulbophyllum  Thouras  1822
     
  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 West Thailand
  altitude 1800 - 2500 m  (5940 - 8250 ft)        
  habitat climate informations from Kanchanaburi (Kanchanaburi, 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 2000 m / 6600 ft) :
    Bulbophyllum sukhakulii a gr uk
  photoperiod in Kanchanaburi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 56 m' to 11 h 04 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness       partial shade
     
inflorescence    length 15 cm (6"), basal
  nr flowers 23 - 28
  size single flower  1 L 1.3 cm  (0.4" L 0.52") - inflorescence  11 L 1.5 cm  (4.4" L 0.6")
  duration inflorescence30 - 40 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days
     
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