| Dendrobium cuthbersonii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | von Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich |
| published in | Transaction and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 24 : 175 1888 | |
| 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 | on mossy trees or rocks, throughout the main mountain chain in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Mt. Jaya), |
| Papua (Mt. Obree, Laiagam, Bismark Archipelago, Nondugl, Mt. Simpson, Mt. Hagen, Mimika Regency, | ||
| Hidden Valley, Morobe, Indagen, New Ireland) | ||
| altitude | 750 - 3450 m (2500 - 11400 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Laiagam (Enga, Papua) | |
| 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 2000 m / 6600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Laiagam this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 21 m' to 11 h 39 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower, 2 L 1.5 cm (0.8" L 0.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 200 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix |
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