| Dendrobium epidendropsis photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Kraenzlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig |
| published in | Orchids . Monatsschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Orchideenkunde 2 : 79 1908 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroieae | |
| 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 | forests of Malaysia (Java, Japa), The Philippines (Dinagat, Mindoro, Luzon, Bataan, Benguet, Rizal) |
| altitude | 900 - 1000 m ((2970 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Baguio (Benguet, The Philippines) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Baguio this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 05 m' to 10 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 10 cm (3.2" - 4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 16 - 20, fregrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") - deep 3 cm (1.2") - inflorescence 8 L 6 cm (3.2" L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
