Bulbophyllum barbigerum

Bulbophyllum barbigerum 

Bulbophyllum barbigerum                                                                                                                                              photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy       described by Lindley, John 
  published in        Edwards' Botanical Register  23 : t . 1942    1837
     
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily  Epidendroideae
  Tribe  Malaxideae 
  Subtribe Dendrobiinae
  Genus Bulbophyllum  Thouras 1822
  Section Ptiloglossum  Lindley 1862
     
  chromosomes  2n = 20 
  metabolism CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night.
    (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 or evergreen forests, on trunks covered with moss, in Cameroon, Gabon (Moyen, Ogoove, Ngounie)
    Sierra Leone (Panguma), Liberia (Cocopa)
  altitude 17 - 143 (2300) m (56 - 472 ( 7590 ft)                  
  habitat climate informations from Ndjolè (Moyen,Gabon)
    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 60 m / 198 ft) :
    Bulbophyllum barbigerum a gr uk
  photoperiod in Ndjolè this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, constant throughout the year, of 12 h 00 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   partial shade
     
inflorescence   length 9 cm (3.6"), basal
  nr flowers 7 - 9, smelly
  size single flower  2.5 L 1.5 cm  (1" L 1")
  duration inflorescence30 days
  time  to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days
     
notes   add moss in the mix
    in '700, the flower of this orchid, to the mobility of its labellum, was considered
the link between the plant and animal world.
     
CITES appendix II

      

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