Dendrobium moniliforme

Dendrobium moniliforme

Dendrobium moniliforme, clone Shokk Nidiki                                                                                                               photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy         described by (Linnaeus)  Swartz, Olof (Peter)
  published in     Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis  6 : 85, f . 5B    1799
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Malaxideae
  subtribe Dendrobiinae
  genus Dendrobium Swartz 1799
     
  chromosomes  2n = 38  
  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 of India, Nepal, Burma, Viet Nam, south Korea, Japan (Okinawa, Islands of Ryukyu, Honsu,
    Shikoku and Kyushu), Taiwan, China (Auhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan,
    Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang)
  altitude 800 - 2500 (3000) m   (2640 - 8250 (9900) ft)
  habitat climate informations from Naha (Ryukyu Islands, Kyushu, Japan)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) :
    Dendrobium moniliforme a gr uk
  photoperiod in Naha this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 44 m' to 10 h 16 m'
  life form epiphyte or litophyte  
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 1 cm (0.4"), from the upper nodes 
  nr flowers 1 - 3, fragrant
  size single flower  3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2")
  duration single flower, ≈ 15 days     
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days 
     
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