| Dendrobium unicum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
| published in | Botanisk Tidsskrift 65 : 332 1970 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Dendrobium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes |
2n = 38 |
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| 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 | deciduous, semi-deciduous forests, on rocks or bushes in Thailand (Omkoi, Loei), Viet Nam |
| and Laos (Vientiane, Sedone) | ||
| altitude | 500 - 1550 m (1650 - 5115 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Omkoi (Chiang Mai, Thailand) |
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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 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Omkoi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 15 m' to 10 h 45 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 3 cm (1.2"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") - depth 3 cm (1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 45 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
