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taxonomy |
described by |
(Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
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published in |
Annales Botanices Systematicae 6 : 258 1864 |
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Family |
Orchidaceae |
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Subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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Tribe |
Malaxideae |
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Subtribe |
Dendrobiinae |
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Genus |
Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 |
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Section |
Megaclinium Summerhayes 1935 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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native of |
origins |
forests of Cameroon (Mt. Kupe, Ngomboku, Chide Valley, Buea, Nyasoso), Guinea (Bioko, Plateau de Benva),
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Gabon, Ghana, Liberia (Zogowi, Ganta), Ivoire Coast, Nigeria (Akure forest, Ondo, Ogoja, Obudu Utanga),
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Sierra Leone, Zaire |
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altitude |
750 - 990 m (2475 - 3267 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Akurè forest (Akure, Ondo, Nigeria) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 850 m / 2800 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Akurè this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 29 m' to 11 h 31 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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nflorescence |
lenght |
rachis 18 - 22 cm (7.2" - 8.8"), basal |
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nr flowers |
22 - 24, one at a time |
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size |
single flower 0.7 L 0.5 cm (0.28" L 0.2") - inflorescence 20 L 2.5 cm (8" L 1") |
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duration |
the inflorescence, ≈ 40 - 50 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days |
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CITES |
appendix |
II |