| Dendrobium capitulifolium | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| publushed in | Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 146 1901 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | rainforests on the coast in the Solomon Islands, Papua, Pacific Islands |
| altitude | 5 - 870 m (16 - 2871 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Unpongkor (Tafea, Vanuatu) | |
| 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 450 m / 1785 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Unpongkor this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 4 cm (1.6"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 12 - 14 | |
| size | single flower 0,8 L 0,5 cm (0.32" L 0.2") - inflorescence 2,5 L 2,5 cm (1" L 1") | |
| duration | ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
