| Dendrobium stratiotes photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1 : 266 1886 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| 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 | forests of Papua (Western District, Bensbach), Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Sulawesi, Celebes, |
| Moluccas, Halmaeria, Marotai) | ||
| altitude | ≈ 50 m (165 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Nusa Dua (East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia) |
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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 50 m / 165 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Nusa Dua this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 37 m' to 11 h 23 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 - 35 cm (8" - 14"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 8 - 11 | |
| size | single flower 7 L 4 cm (2.8" L 1.6") - inflorescence 22 L 9 cm (8.8" L 3.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 100 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
