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Dendrobium cumulatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 756 1855 | |
| 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 | swamp or peat forests in India (Assam, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Khasi Hills, Kalimpong), Nepal, Bhutan, |
| Burma, Laos (Vientiane), Thailand, Cambodia, Viet Nam (Lam Dong), Indonesia (Borneo, Mt. Kinabalu, | ||
| Sulawesi, Celebes), Papua | ||
| altitude | 0 - 600 m (0 - 1980 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Laikit (Laikit II (Dimembe), North Sulawesi, Indonesia) | |
| 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 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Laikit this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3.5 cm (0.8" L 1.4") - inflorescence 8 L 6 cm (3.2" L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 12 - 15 days | |
| time | from birth to bloom, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
