| Dendrobium nobile var. nobilius photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 79 1830 | |
| var. nobilius | described by | Burbidge, Frederich William Thomas |
| published in | Garden 24 : 206 1833 | |
| 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. |
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| (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 | primary forest on branches or on limestone rocks covered with moss, in India (Sikkim), Nepal, |
| Bhutan, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam (Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Kon Tum, Son La, Nghe | ||
| An, Lao Cai), China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Sichuan, Xizang, Zizhiqu, Mdog, Yunnan) | ||
| and Hong Kong | ||
| altitude | 200 - 2200 m (660 - 7260 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Liziba (Guizhou, China) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Liziba this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 52 m' to 10 h 08 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 2 - 3 cm (0.8 - 1.2"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 2 - 4, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 8 L 7 cm (3.2" L 2.8") - inflorescence 8 L 16 cm (3.2" L 5.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 - 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 - 150 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
