| Dendrobium parishii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 21 : 236 1863 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 decidus forests in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Manipur), Burma (Tenasserim, Maymyo, Chin Hills), |
| Laos, Thailand (Muang Lom Sak, Sai Yok, Kanburi, Pak Kawng Nai, Chiengmai), Viet Nam (Dak Lak), | ||
| China (Guizhou, Yunnan, Hainan, Xing Yi, Wen Shan, Gweizhou) | ||
| altitude | 200 - 1550 m (660 - 5115 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Maymyo Mandalay, Burma) |
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| 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 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Maymyo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 3 cm (1.2"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence, ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
