| Dockrillia teretifolia photo C. Solimbego |
| taxonomy | described by | (Brown R) Brieger, Friedrich Gustav |
| published in | Die Orchideen 1 ( 11 - 12 ) : 745 1981 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dockrillia Brieger 1981 | |
| 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 | rainforests, rivers, lakes and swamps in Australia (from Bega in New South Wales, to Rockhampton in |
| Queensland, Cape York, Audley, Royal National Park, Font Hill, Goldsborough tumoff), Papua | ||
| altitude | 30 - 800 m (99 - 2640 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Mareeba (Cape York, Queensland, Australia) |
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| 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 400 m / 1320 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mareeba this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte |
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| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 15 - 18 cm (6" - 7.2") |
| nr flowers | 9 - 12 | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 3,5 cm ( 1" L 1.4" ) - inflorescence 10 L 7 cm (4" L 2.8") | |
| duration | ≈ 14 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
