| Dendrobium bigibbum var compactum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Paxton's Flower Garden 3 : 25 f . 245 1852 | |
| var. compactum | described by | White, Cyril Tenison |
| published in | Australian Orchid Review 6 : 53 1941 | |
| 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 | dry areas, on small trees or shrubs, in Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua (Baimuro Swamp), |
| Australia (Cape York Peninsula, Cooktown) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 400 m (0 - 1320 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Lakeland Downs (Cape York, Queensland, Australia) | |
| 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 200 m / 660 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Lakeland Downs this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 2 m' to 10 h 58 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 36 - 48 cm (14.4" - 19.2"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 6 - 16 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") - inflorescence 20 L 11 cm (8 L 4.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 - 80 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
