| Bulbophyllum triflorum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Breda) von Blume, Karl Ludwig |
| published in | Flora Javae 7 1828 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Desmosanthes (Blume) JJ Smith 1933 | |
| 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 | Indonesia (Sumatra, West Java) |
| altitude | 1000 - 1800 m (3300 - 5940 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Sijunjung (Sumatera Barat, Indonesia) | |
| 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 1400 m / 4600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Sijunjung this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 02 m' to 11 h 58 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 3 - 4 | |
| size | single flower 0.5 L 0.3 cm (0.2" L 0.12") - inflorescence 1 L 0.8 cm (0.4" L 0.32") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 8 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
