Dendrobium brevimentum

Dendrobium brevimentum 

Dendrobium brevimentum                                                                                                                                             photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by Seidenfaden, Gunnar
  published in      Opera Botanica  83 : 225    1985
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Malaxideae
  subtribe Dendrobiinae
  genus Dendrobium  Swartz 1799
     
  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 forests of Malaysia (Moluccas, only in Ternate)
  altitude ≈ 1500 m (4950 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Ternate (North Maluku, Indonesia)
    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 1500 m / 4950 ft) :
    Dendrobium brevimentum a gr uk
  photoperiod in Ternate this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 02 m' to 11 h 58 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness     sunny
     
inflorescence    length 0,5 cm (0.2"), from the upper nodes
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower  1 L 1 cm  (0.4" L 0.4")
  duration single flower, ≈ days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 days   
     
CITES appendix II

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