| Bulbophyllum maximum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Annales Botanices Systematicae 6 : 259 1861 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Megaclinium Summerhayes 1935 | |
| 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 | forests, mois areas, around waterfalls, throughout the whole tropical Africa |
| altitude | 64 - 1260 (2020) m (211 - 4158 ( 6666 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Hunkuyi (Katsima, Nigeria) | |
| 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 650 m / 2145 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Hunkuyi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 45 m' to 11 h 15 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 28 - 34 cm (11.2" L 13.6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 60 (30 per side) | |
| size | single flower 0.7 L 0.7 cm (0.28" L 0.28") - inflorescence 35 L 2 cm (14" L 0.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 100 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
