| Bulbophyllum saurocephalum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 2 : 262 1886 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Brachystachyae Bentham & Hooker f. 1883 | |
| 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 | The Filippine (Luzon, on Mt. Banahao Volcano) |
| altitude | not know, probably ≈ 1000 m (≈ 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Quezon, slopes of Banahaw Volcano (Calabarzon, The Philippines) | |
| 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 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Quezon this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 58 m' to 11 h 02 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 17 cm (6.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 40 - 52 | |
| size | single flower 0.7 L 0.5 cm (0.28" L 0.2") - inflorescence 8 L 1.5 cm (3.2" L 0.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
