| Bulbophyllum elassonotum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Summerhayes, Victor Samuel |
| published in | Botanical Magazin 158 : t . 9408 1935 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Careyana Pfizer 1888 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | dry evergreen forests in India, Thailand, Viet Nam |
| altitude | 750 - 1100 m (2475 - 3630 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Phu Hoi (Ben Tre, Viet Nam) |
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| 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 950 m / 3115 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Phu Hoi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 46 m' to 11 h 14 m' | |
| life form | epiphytic | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 - 15 cm (4" - 6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 20 - 22 | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 1 cm (0.6" L 0.4") - inflorescence 8 L 2.5 cm (3.2" L 1") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
