| Bulbophyllum barbigerum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards' Botanical Register 23 : t . 1942 1837 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Ptiloglossum Lindley 1862 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 20 | |
| 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 | deciduous or evergreen forests, on trunks covered with moss, in Cameroon, Gabon (Moyen, Ogoove, Ngounie) |
| Sierra Leone (Panguma), Liberia (Cocopa) | ||
| altitude | 17 - 143 (2300) m (56 - 472 ( 7590 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ndjolè (Moyen,Gabon) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 60 m / 198 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ndjolè this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, constant throughout the year, of 12 h 00 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 9 cm (3.6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 7 - 9, smelly | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 1.5 cm (1" L 1") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| notes | add moss in the mix | |
| in '700, the flower of this orchid, to the mobility of its labellum, was considered the link between the plant and animal world. |
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| CITES | appendix | II |
