| Dendrobium laevifolium photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Stapf, Otto |
| published in | Botanical Magazine 149 : t . 9011 1924 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| 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, on moss covered trees near the base, in Papua and South West Pacific Islands |
| (Maluku and Sunda Islands) | ||
| altitude | 360 - 2340 m (1188 - 7722 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ruteng (Sunda Islands, Indonesia) | |
| 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 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ruteng this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the apex of leafless pseudobulbs |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2 | |
| misure | single flower 1.6 L 1.6 cm (0.64" L 0.64") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 180 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
