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| Bulbophyllum guttulatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Hooker f.) Balakrishnan, Puthansurayil, Nambiyath |
| published in | Journal of the Botany Natural History Society 67 (1) : 66 1970 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Umbellatae Bentham 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 of India (Sittong, Mungpoo, Kurseong), Nepal, Bhutan, Viet Nam, China (Xizang Zizhiqu) |
| altitude | 650 - 1800 m (2145 - 5940 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Mungpoo (West Bengal, India) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mungpoo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 48 m' to 10 h 12 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 22 - 25 cm (8" - 10") |
| nr flowers | 5 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 1,5 cm (0.8" L 0.6") - inflorescence 3,5 L 8 cm (1,4" L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescentia ≈ 10 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 45 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
