not yet in bloom |
Bulbophyllum fritilariiflorum | ||
taxonomy | described by | Smith, Johannes Jacobus |
published in | Buletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg sèr. 2,3 : 76 1912 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Malaxideae | |
Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
Section | Hyalosema Schlechter 1911 | |
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 | rainforests of Papua ( Sogeri Plateau, New Britain, New Ireland), on the horizontal branches |
altitude | is not known, probably ∞500 m (1650 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Kavieng (New Ireland, Papua) | |
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 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Kavieng this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | |
nr flowers | ||
size | ||
duration | ||
time | to bloom from birth, ~ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |