Dendrobium laevifolium photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Stapf, Otto |
published in | Botanical Magazine 149 : t . 9011 1924 | |
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, on moss covered trees near the base, in Papua and South West Pacific Islands |
(Maluku and Sunda Islands) | ||
altitude | 360 - 2340 m (1188 - 7722 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Ruteng (Sunda Islands, Indonesia) | |
Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Ruteng 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 | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the apex of leafless pseudobulbs |
nr flowers | 1 - 2 | |
misure | single flower 1.6 L 1.6 cm (0.64" L 0.64") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 180 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 60 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |