| Dendrobium lamellatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Blume) Lindley, John |
| published in | Genera et Species Orchidearum Novarum 89 1830 | |
| 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 | shade forests in Burma (Moulmein), Thailand (Lam Lieng, Ranawng, Kao Keo, Langsuan, Bachaw, Pattani), Laos, Malaysia (Borneo, Pahang, Batu Talam, Malaya, Penang Hill), Indonesia (Sumatra, Western Java, Kalimantan Timur, Sangkulirang), The Philippines, Solomon Is. (Guadalcanal) - plant rare in the wild |
| altitude | 50 - 610 m (165 - 2010 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Honiara (Central Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands) | |
| 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 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Honiara this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 37 m' to 11 h 23 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | lpartial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 2 - 4 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1,7 cm (0.4" L 0.7") - deep 3 cm (1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 12 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
