| Dendrobium fimbriatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Hooker, William Jackson |
| published in | Exotic Flora 1 : ad pl. 71 1823 | |
| var. oculatum | described by | Hooker, William Jackson |
| published in | Botanical Magazine 71 : t . 4160 1845 | |
| 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 | humid forests in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Sikkim, Kumsi forst, Algarah forest, Kalimpong), Nepal, |
| Bhutan (Trashiyangtsi), Viet Nam, Thailand (Ta Kanum, Kanburi), Burma (Tenasserim, Moulmein), |
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| China (Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Maguan), Malaysia | ||
| altitude | 200 - 1830 m (660 - 6039 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Gangtok (Algarah forest, Sikkim, India) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Gangtok this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 49 m' to 10 h 11 m' | |
| life form | epifphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 18 cm (3.2" - 7.2"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 8 - 12, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 3 L 4 cm (1.2" L 1.6") - inflorescence 17 L 9 cm (6.8" L 3.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | from birth to bloom 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
