| Bulbophyllum refractum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (H. Zollinger) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Annales Botanices Systematicae 6 : 259 1864 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Tripudianthes Seidenfaden 1979 | |
| 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 | deciduous or semi deciduous forest in India, Burma, Thailand (Khao Yai, Viet Nam, |
| Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1420 m (0 - 4686 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Kutabuluh Pasar (North Sumatra, Indonesia) | |
| 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 750 m / 2470 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kutabuluh Pasar this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 12 m' to 11 h 48 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 11 cm (4.4") |
| nr flowers | 3, smelly | |
| size | single flower 4 L 0.5 cm (1.6" L 0.2") - inflorescence 8 L 4 cm (3.2" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 45 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
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