| Dendrobium cruentum | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1 : 604 1884 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| 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, small trees on the west coast of Thailand (Setul, Ta Samet, Nakawn, Sritamarat, Tola) |
| altitude | ≈ 50 m (≈ 165 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Sritamarat (Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 50 m / 165 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Sritamarat this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flower | 1 - 2, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 150 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | I |
