| Bulbophyllum khaoyaiense photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Bulbophyllum tripudians) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
| published in | Botanisk Tidsskrift 65 : 342 1970 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
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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 | forests in Thailand (Ban Kawng Hê, Doi Sutep, Doi Phu Kha, Nan), Burma, China (Yunnan) |
| altitude | 960 - 1300 m (3168 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Nan (Doi Phu Kha National Park, Thailand) | |
| 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 1100 m / 3630 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Nan 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 | 16 cm (6.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 6 | |
| size | single flower 1,5 L 1 cm (0.6" L 0.4") - deep 3,5 cm (1.4") - inflorescence 7 L 6 cm (2.8" L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
