| Dendrobium harveyanum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardens' Chronicle, new series 19 : 624 1883 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaideae | |
| 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 | on trunks or large branches in Thailand (Doi Sutep), Burma, Viet Nam (Da Lat), China (Yunnan, Meng La) |
| plant rare in the wild | ||
| altitude | 900 - 1400 m (2970 - 4620 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Da Lat (Lam Dong, Viet Nam) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1150 m / 3800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Da Lat this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 46 m' to 11 h 14 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 7 cm (2.8"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 4 - 6 | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 4 cm (1" L 1.6") - inflorescence 7 L 7 cm (2.8" L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
