| Dendrobium subclausum var pandanicola photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| pubblicata in | Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 361 1894 | |
| var. pandanicola | described by | Wood, Jeffrey James |
| pubblicata in | Kew Bulletin 41 : 817 1986 | |
| 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 | swampy rain forests on trees (Nothofagus, Pandanus), on rocks, in Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Mt. Goliath, |
| Moluccas, Manokwari, Vogelkop Peninsula, Netoti Hill), Papua (Finisterre Range, Mt. Kaiudi, Edie Creek, |
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| Mt. Wilhelm, from Lae to Mt. Hagen, Highlands, Enga, Porgera, Baliem Valley) | ||
| altitude | 530 - 3200 m (1749 - 10560 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Laiagam (Enga, Indonesia) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Laiagam this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 21 m' to 11 h 39 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flower | 6 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1,3 cm (0.4" L 0.52") - depth 2,3 cm (0.92") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
