Dendrobium gibsonii

Dendrobium gibsonii

Dendrobium gibsonii                                                                                                                                                       photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by Lindley, John  &  Paxton, Joseph
  published in      Paxton's Magazine of Botany  5 : 169    1838
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Malaxideae
  subtribe Dendrobiinae
  genus Dendrobium Swartz 1799
     
  chromosomes     2n = 40  
  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 forests on mossy limestone, in India (Sikkim, Khasi Hills, Arunachal Pradesh), Nepal, Bhutan,
    Burma, Thailand (Doi Nang Ka, Chiengmai, Doi Sutep, Hue Saw), Viet Nam (Cao Bang, Lai Chau),
    China (Guangxi, Yunnan, Mengtze, in Yun)
  altitude 650 - 1650 m  (2145 - 5445 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Cao Bang (Cao Bang, Viet Nam)
    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 1150 m / 3800 ft) :
    Dendrobium gibsonii a gr uk
  photoperiod in Cao Bang this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 54 m' to 11 h 06 m'
  life form epiphyte or litophyte
  brightness    partial shade 
     
inflorescence    length 9 - 15 cm  (3.6" - 6"), from the upper nodes 
  nr flowers 5 - 7
  size single flower  2,5 L 4 cm  (1" L 1.6") - inflorescence  10 L 15 cm  (4" L 6")
  duration inflorescence ≈ 15 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days   
     
CITES appendix II

  

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