| Dendrobium anosmum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 30 : misc. 32 1845 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | primary semidecidous rainforests throughout Southeast Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam (Quang Binh), |
| Indonesia, Malaysia (Borneo), The Philippines (from Luzon to Mindanao), Papua (Bulolo, Wau, Lae, Madang) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1300 m (0 - 4300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bulolo (Morobe, 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 650 m / 2145 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bulolo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 1 - 3, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 8 L 9 cm (3.2" L 3.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
| time | from birth to bloom about 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
