| Dendrobium kingianum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Bidwill, John Carne |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 30 : misc. 11 1844 | |
| famigly | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 - 76 | |
| 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 | open forests on the coast, often on cliffs or ravines, in Australia (Queensland, Hunter River, |
| New South Wales, Carnarvon Gorge) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1200 m (0 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Builyan (Queensland, Australia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Builyan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 37 m' to 10 h 23 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 - 16 cm -(4.8" - 6.4") , from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 4 - 7 , fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2,5 cm - (0.8" L 1") - inflorescence 5 L 4 cm (2" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
