Dendrobium glomeratum photo C. Solimbergo | ||
(Dendrobium sulawesiense) |
taxonomy | described by | (Veitch) Rolfe, Robert Allen |
published in | Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 155 1894 | |
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 | swamp forests in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, along the Noord River, Moluccas), |
Papua (Western Province, Gulf Province) | ||
altitude | 0 - 1020 m (0 - 3366 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Saumlaki (Moluccas, Indonesia) | |
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 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Saumlaki this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 30 m' to 11 h 30 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 2 cm (1.2"), from the upper nodes |
nr flowers | 8 - 10 | |
size | single flower 5 L 4,5 cm (2" L 1.8") - inflorescence 10 L 12 cm (4" L 4.8") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 90 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |