| Dendrobium blumei photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Dendrobium blumii) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 88 1830 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| 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, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Java), The Philippines (Mindanao, Basilan, Samar) |
| altitude | 500 - 600 m (1650 - 1980 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cayagan de Oro (Mindanao, The Philippines) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 550 m / 1815 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cayagan de Oro this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | legth | 1 - 2 cm (0.4" - 0.8"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1.5 cm (0.4" L 0.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 4 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 10 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
