| Bulbophyllum longiflorum photos C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Cirrhopetalum umbellatum Hooker f. & Arnold ex Forster f.) |
| taxonomy | described by | du Petit Thouras, Louis-Marie Aubert |
| published in | Historie Particuliere des Plantes Orchidees 1822 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Cirrhopetalum Lindley 1824 | |
| 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 | rainforests in Malawi, Tanzania (Rungwe, Morogoro, Ulanga, Amani, Mt. Sambara, Mahenge, Tanganyika), |
| Uganda, Zaire, Zimbabwe, Madagascar (Antananarivo, Analamanga, Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa, Toamasina, | ||
| Alaotre-Mangoro, Anosy, Masoala Peninsula, Ambanizzana), Mauritius (Tamarin Falls), Reunion, Seychelles, | ||
| Comoros (Ngazidja, Mwali), Viet Nam (Ha Giang, Thua Thien Hue), Malaysia (Sabah, Croker Range), | ||
| Papua (Agupon, Gwadawada), Australia (Cape York), New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji (Simmonds) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1700 m (0 - 5610 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Unpongkor (Tafea, Vanuatu Islands) | |
| 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 850 m / 2800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Unpongkor this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12"), basal |
| nr flowers | 12 - 14, smelly | |
| misure | a flower 5 L 1.5 cm ( 2" L 0.6") - diameter 10 cm (4") | |
| durata | inflorescence ≈ 10 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
