| Dendrobium farmeri photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | Paxton, Joseph |
| published in | Paxton's Magazine of Botany 15 : 241 1849 | |
| var. album | described by | von Regel, Eduard August |
| published in | Gartenflora 17 : 321 1868 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| sottotribù | 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. | ||
| origin | from | evergreen primary forests, on tall trees overhanging rivers' water, in India (Assam, Kurseondg, |
| Kalijhora forest), Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, Thailand (Kapôr, Ranawng, Kao Kata, Kwam, Loei, | ||
| Pang Wan, Langsuan, Umpang, Kampêng Pêt, Chantaboo, Kao Sabab, Wangka, Kamburi) |
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| altitude | 10 - 1000 m (33 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Kanburi (Kanchanaburi, Thailand) | |
| 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 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kanburi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 - 14 cm (4.8" L 5.6"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 20 - 25 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3,5 cm (0.8" L 1.4") - inflorescence 12 L 8 cm (4.8" L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 10 - 14 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 45 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
