| Dendrobium griffithianum photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 21 : sub. t. 1756 1836 | |
| 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 | forests, on high branches of the trees, in Central Burma ( Limjaik), Thailand (Hue Wao, Nan) |
| altitude | ≈ 500 m (1650 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Nan (Nan, 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 Nan 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 | 16 cm (6.4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 14 - 18 | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 5 cm (1" L 2") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 12 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
