Bulbophyllum falcatum

Bulbophyllum falcatum 

Bulbophyllum falcatum                                                                                                                                                   photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy         described by (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav  
  published in      Annales Botanices Systematicae  6 : 258    1861
     
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe Malaxideae 
  Subtribe Dendrobiinae
  Genus Bulbophyllum  Thouras  1822
  Section Megaclinium  Summerhayes  1935
     
  chromosomes      2n = 38  
  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 tropical forests in Cameroon (Mt. Cameroon, Bakingili, Limbe, Bataki), Gabon (Estuaire, Ngounie,
    Ogoove-Ivindo), Guinea (Nzèrèkorè, Lola), Ghana (Togo, Jasikan, Effiduasi), Nigeria (Benin, Agbadi,
    Sapaba foresr, Akure forest, Ohusu, Usonigbe forest, Okomu forest, Ondo), Sierra Leone (Musaia, 
    Messima, Fanima, Mano Bonjema, Pendembu, Mafore, Mabira forest, Gengelu), Liberia (Kitoma, 
    Gran Bassa), Congo, Uganda (Bunyoro, Budongo forest, Siba)
  altitude 80 - 983 ( 1800) m  (264 - 3244 (5940)  ft)          
  habitat climate informations from Uromi (Okomu National Park, Nigeria)
    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 500 m / 1650 ft) :
    Bulbophyllum falcatum a gr uk
  photoperiod in Uromi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 26 m' to 11 h 34 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness     partial shade 
     
inflorescence     length 18 - 25 cm  (7.2" - 10"), basal
   nr flowers 12 - 14
  size a flower  1 L 0.5 cm  (0.4" L 0.2") - inflorescence  8 L 2.5 cm  (3.2" L 1")
  duration inflorescence ≈ 30 - 40 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days 
     
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