Dendrobium goldschmidtianum photo C. Solimbergo |
(Dendrobium miyakei) | ||
taxonomy | described by | Kraenzlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig |
published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 7 ( 131 - 133 ) : 40 1909 | |
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 | Ficus (Ficus retusa) jungle in Taiwan (Lan Yu Island, the Orchid Island), |
The Philippines (Mt. Iraya on Bataan, Botel Tobago, Lu-Tao) | ||
these data are uncertain | ||
altitude | up to 300 m (990 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Lan Yu Island (Orchid Island, Taiwan) | |
Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Lan Yu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 33 m' to 10 h 27 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | lenght | 3 - 5 cm (1.2" - 2"), from the upper nodes |
nr flowers | 18 - 25 | |
size | singgle flower 2 L 2,5 cm (0.8" L 1") - inflorescence 7 L 6 cm (2.8" L 2.4") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 - 20 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |