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taxonomy |
described by |
Kraenzlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig |
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published in |
Botanische Jahrbuchen fur Systematic Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 34 : 250 1905 |
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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 |
Hyalosema Schlechter 1911 |
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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 |
origin |
rain forests, on tall trees, on horizontal branches, along rivers, in Papua on the Arfak Mountains, and Irian Jaya |
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altitude |
50 - 400 m (165 - 1320 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Madang (Madang, Arfakian Massif, Papua) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 250 m / 825 ft) : |
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![Bulbophyllum arfakianum a gr uk](https://hortusorchis.org/images/multithumb_thumbs/b_0_0_0_10_images_Bulbophyllum_arfakianum_a_gr_uk.jpg) |
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photoperiod |
in Madang this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 21 m' to 11 h 39 m' |
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life form |
epihytes |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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inflorescence |
length |
12 - 15 cm (4.8 - 6") |
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nr flowers |
1 |
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size |
2,5 L 2,5 cm (1 L 1"), deep 6 cm (2.4") |
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duration |
single flower ≈ 10 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days |
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CITES |
appendix |
II |