| Bulbophyllum grandiflorum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | von Blume, Carl Ludwig |
| published in | Rumphia 4 : 42 1849 | |
| Famigly | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Hyalosema Schlechter 1911 | |
| 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 | primary rain forests, on tree trunks, in Papua (Highlands, Bouganville Is.), Solomon (Jericho, Malaita, |
| Kolombangara, San Cristobal Is., Santa Ana Is.) | ||
| altitude | 50 - 500 m (165 - 1650 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Panguna (Bouganville Island, Papua) | |
| 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 250 m / 825 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Panguna this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 25 m' to 11 h 35 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to sunny | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 20 cm (8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, smelly | |
| size | single flower 8,5 L 5 cm (3.6" L 2") , deep 9 cm (3.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ days |
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| CITES | appendix |
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