| Dendrobium kingianum var. silcockii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Bidwill, John Carne |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 30 : misc. 11 1844 | |
| var. silcockii | described by | Bailey, Frederick Manson |
| publishd in | The Queensland Flora 5 : 1528 1902 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 - 76 | |
| 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 | open forests on the coast, often on cliffs or ravines, in Australia (Queensland, Hunter River, New SouthWales, Carnarvon Gorge) |
| altitude | 0 - 1200 m (0 - 4000 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Paddy Flat (New South Wales, Australia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Paddy Fla this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 54 m' to 10 h 06 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 10 cm (3.2" - 4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 5 - 6 , fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2,5 cm (0.8" L 1") - inflorescence 5 L 4 cm (2" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
