Dendrobium linearifolium photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Teijsmann, Joannes Elias & Binnendijk, Simon |
published in | Natuurkunding Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indie 24 : 318 1862 | |
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 | on dead trees, in full sun, in Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali) |
altitude | 700 - 1800 m (2310 - 5940 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Denpasar, (Bali, 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 1250 m / 4125 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Denpasar 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 to full sun | |
inflorescence | length | 1 - 2 cm (0.4" - 0.8"), axillary |
nr flowers | 1 | |
size | single flower 1 L 1.5 cm (0.4" L 0.6") - deep 2 cm (0.8") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 7 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 10 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |