Dendrobium victoria-reginae photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | desribed by | Loher, August |
published in | The Gardners’ Cronicle & Agricultute Gazette 1 . 399 1910 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
sub family | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Malaxideae | |
sub tribe | Dendrobiinae | |
genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
chromosones | 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 | humid forests in the Philippines (Mindoro, Alcon Mts., Baguio, Bontoc, Canlaou, |
Davao, Camiguin Island, Ifugao, Negros, Nueva Vizcaya, Pampanga, Quezon) | ||
altitude | 1300 - 2134 m (4290 - 7040 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Baguio (Baguio, The Philippines) |
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Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1700 m / 5600 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Baguio this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 05 m' to 10 h 55 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the upper nodes |
nr flowers | 3 - 5 | |
size | single flower ~ 3,5 L 5 cm (1,28" L 2") - inflorescence ~ 6 L 8 cm (2.4" L 3.2") | |
duration | single flower ~ - inflorescence ~ | |
time | to bloom from birth, ~ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |