Dendrobium cruentum

Dendrobium cruentum

Dendrobium cruentum                                                                                                                                            photo C. Solimbergo
     
taxonomy        described by Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in      The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette  1 : 604    1884
     
  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, small trees on the west coast of Thailand (Setul, Ta Samet, Nakawn, Sritamarat, Tola)
  altitude  ≈ 50 m (≈ 165 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Sritamarat (Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand)
    Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 50 m / 165 ft) :
    Dendrobium cruentum a gr uk
  photoperiod in Sritamarat this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness     sunny
     
inflorescence    length 1 cm (0.4"),  from the upper nodes
  nr flower 1 - 2, fragrants
  size single flower  2 L 3 cm  (0.8" L 1.2")
  duration single flower, ≈ 150 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days  
     
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