| Bulbophyllum echinolabium photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Smith, Johannes Jacobus |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 36 : 118 1934 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Lepidorhiza Schlechter 1911 | |
| 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 | Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sulawesi) - rare in the wild |
| altitude | 600 - 1200 m (1980 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Manado (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Manado this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 05 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 - 35 cm (12" - 14"), basal |
| nr flowers | 3 - 5, smelly, bloom one at a time | |
| size | a flower 32 L 13 cm (12.8" L 5.2") | |
| duration | a flower, ≈ 10, inflorescence ≈ 120 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
