not yet in bloom
| Bulbophyllum phalaenopsis |
| (Bulbophyllum giganteum) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Smith, Joannes Jacobus |
| published in | Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de Buitenzorg sèr. 3,14 : 165 1937 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Macrobulbon Schlechter 1912 | |
| 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 | Papua |
| altitude | 100 - 500 m (330 - 1650 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Kokoda (Northern Province, 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 350 m / 1250 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kokoda this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 34 m' to 11 h 26 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
