| Dendrobium lawesii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | von Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich |
| published in | Melbourne Chemist & Druggist june 1884 | |
| 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 |
cloud mist forests, the lower part of the trunks or lower of large branches, in Papua (Finisterre, Markham, |
| Ramu Vallwey, Maboro, Waria, Dischore Range, Patep, Ibo, Bismark Range, Mt. Garatun, New Ireland, | ||
| Sepik, Enga), Solomon (Guadalcanal) and Bouganville Islands | ||
| altitude | 800 - 2000 m (2640 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Vanimo (Sepik, 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 1400 m / 4620 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Vanimo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade or low | |
| inflorescence | length | 2 - 3 cm (0.8" - 1.2"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 4 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 0.6 cm (0.6" L 0.24") - depth 3 cm (1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
