| Bulbophyllum taiwanense photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Cirropetalum taiwanense) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Fukuyama) Nakajima, K. |
| published in | Biol. Magazine Okinawa 10 : 36 . 1973 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| Section | Cirropetalum Lindley 1824 | |
| 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 | origin | In the forests of southern Taiwan, on tree trunks |
| elevation | 800 - 1000 m (2600 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Mei - shan, southern Taiwan | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 3000 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mei - shan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 33 m' to 10 h 27 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | basal |
| flowers | 5 - 7 | |
| size | single flower 0,8 L 0,5 cm ( 0.32 L 0.2") - inflorescence 2 L 3 cm (0.8 L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ~ 45 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
