| Bulbophyllum medusae photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards' Botanical Register 28 : t . 12 1842 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Medusa 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 | on trunks or main branches of the forests in Thailand, Malaysia (Borneo, Ulu Kimanis), |
| Indonesia (Sunda Islands, Sumatra), The Philippines | ||
| altitude | 0 - 400 m (0 - 1320 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Kupang (Sunda Islands, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia) | |
| 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 100 m / 330 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kupang this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 11 - 13 cm (4.4" - 5.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 40 - 60, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 11 L 0.5 cm (4.4" L 0.2") - inflorescence 11 L 9 cm (4.4" L 3.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 10 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
