| Dendrobium speciosum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Smith, James Edward |
| published in | Exotic Botany 1 : 17, t . 10 1805 | |
| 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. |
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| (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 | open forests, from the coast to about 200 km. inside, on the rocks at the base of cliffs or ravines, in Australia (Victoria Genoa, New South Wales Bulahdelah, Bulahdelah, Mudgee, Nowra, Sidney, Blue Montains)) |
| altitude | 0 - 600 m (0 - 1980 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Mudgee (New South Wales, Australia) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mudgee this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 14 h 10 m' to 9 h 50 m' | |
| life form | litophyte or epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 38 - 63 cm (15.2" L 25.2"), apical |
| nr flowers | 50 - 62, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") - inflorescence 33 L 10 cm (13.2" L 4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 50 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
