| Bulbophyllum macrocoleum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
| published in | Dansk Botanisk Arkiv 33 : 125 1979 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Racemosae 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 of Thailand and Viet Nam |
| altitude | 500 - 1400 m (1650 - 4620 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Nong Khai (Nakon Ratchasima, 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 950 m / 3135 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Nong Khai this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 10 m' to 10 h 50m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 22 cm (7.2" - 8.8") |
| nr flowers | 36 - 40 | |
| size | single flower 0,6 L 0,2 cm (0.24" L 0.08") ) - inflorescence 36 L 3 cm (12.4" L 1.2") ) | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 25 - 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
