| Dipodium pictum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Xenia Orchidacea 2 : 15 1862 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Dipodiinae | |
| genus | Dipodium R Brown 1810 | |
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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 | primary forests of Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Sipitang, ), Sarawak Lundu, Sebako River, Ponontomon, Pensiangan), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), Brunei (Belait), Papua |
| altitude | 5 - 1300 m (16 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Seria (Belait, Brunei) |
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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 650 m / 2145 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Seria this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 18 m' to 11 h 42 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte, litophyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 6 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 2.7 L 4 cm (1" L 1.6") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
