| Diplocaulobium tipula photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Smith JJ) Kraenzlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig |
| published in | Das Pflanzenreich 342 1910 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Diplocaulobium (Reichenbach f.) Kraenzlin 1910 | |
| 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 | at the edge of the rainforests of Papua, common in all parts of the mainland and on most of the nearby islands |
| altitude | 500 - 1000 m (1650 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Bulolo (Morobe, Papua) |
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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 750 m / 2470 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bulolo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 5 cm (2"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 8 L 8 cm (3.2" L 3.2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 6 - 8 hours | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 7 - 8 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
