| Bulbophyllum siamense photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 572 1867 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Sestochilus (Breda) 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 | forests, on tree trunks or branches, in India (Assam), Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia |
| altitude | 300 - 1200 m (990 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Sênmônourôm (Mondolkiri, Cambodia) | |
| 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 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Sênmônourôm this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 49 m' to 11 h 11 m' | |
| life form | epiphytic | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 cm (4.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 6 L 5 cm ( 2.4" L 2") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 14 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
