| Bulbophyllum gracillimum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Hayata, Bunzô |
| published in | Icones plantarum formosanarum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam 2 : 132 - 133 1912 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Cirrhopetaloides Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 | |
| 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 | at the base of the trunks, in the forests of Burma, Malaysia, Brunei, Taiwan, Papua (Auf Baumen), |
| New Caledonia, Solomon (Kolombangara), Fiji (Suva) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 150 m (0 - 495 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Suva (Central Region, Fiji) | |
| 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 75 m / 231 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Suva this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 12 m' to 10 h 48 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 cm (8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 10 - 12, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 5 L 2 cm (2" L 0.8") - diameter 6 cm (2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 4 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
