| Dendrobium amethystoglossum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 109 1872 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
| 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 | The Philippines (north-west of Luzon, Benguet, Ifugao, Mountain Province) on limestone rocks covered with moss |
| altitude | ≈ 1400 m (4600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Baguio (Benguet, Cordillera, Philippines) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1400 m / 4600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Baguio this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 05 m' to 10 h 55 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 5 - 10 cm (2" - 4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flower | 14 - 20 | |
| size | single flower 3.5 L 4 cm (1.4" L 1.6") - inflorescence 10 L 7 cm (4" L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 - 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
