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| taxonomy |
described by |
Guillaumin, Andrè |
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published in |
Bulletin of Museum d' Historie Naturelle ser. 2, 30 : 522 1924 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Malaxideae |
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subtribe |
Dendrobiinae |
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genus |
Dendrobium Swartz 1799 |
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chromosomes |
2n = 40 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
deciduous forests, often in full sun, in Thailand (Me Maw, Pak Chong, Ratburi, Aranya, Krabin, Pu Mano, |
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Muk Dahan), Burma, Laos, Viet Nam (Dak Lak, Tay Ninh) |
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altitude |
(13) 200 - 1300 m (43) 660 - 4290 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Buon Me Thuot (Dak Lak, Viet Nam) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2475 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Buon Me Thuot this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 50 m' to 11 h 10 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
length |
16 - 20 cm (6.4" L 8"), from the upper nodes |
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nr flowers |
8 - 14, smelly |
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misure |
single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") - inflorescence 18 L 9 cm (7.2" L 3.6") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 60 - 70 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 - 60 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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