| Dendrobium tobaense photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Wood, Jeffrey James & Comber, James Boughtwood |
| published in | Lindeyana 8 ( 3 ) : 115 1993 | |
| 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 | pine or fir forests in northern Sumatra (Toba Lake, Mt. Dolok) ) |
| altitude | 1500 m Lake Toba (4950 ft) / 1000 - 1300 m Mt. Dolok (3300 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Toba (North Sumatra, 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 1250 m / 4125 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Toba this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 2 cm (0.8"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 6 L 6 cm (2.4" L 2.4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
