| Dendrobium discolor photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 27 : t . 52 misc. 21 1841 | |
| 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 | coast trees, among the mangroves, warm and dry places in Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua ( Merauke, Menapi, |
| Oro, Govade in Kofutu, Basima), Australia (Torres Staits, Queensland, from Rockhampton to Cape York | ||
| Peninsula, Goldsborough) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 550 m (0 - 1810 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Thursday Island (Torres Straits, 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 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Thursday Island this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 41 m' to 11 h 19 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 40 - 45 cm (16" - 18"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 26 - 30, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 4.5 cm - (1" L 1.8") - inflorescence 40 L 15 cm (16" L 6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 90 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
