Dockrillia cucumerina

 Dockrillia cucumerina

Dockrillia cucumerina                                                                                                                                                          photo C. Solimbergo  
 
taxonomy   described by   (WMc Leay ex Lindley)  Brieger, Friedrich Gustav
  published in Die Orchideen 1 ( 11 - 12 ) : 745 . 1981 
     
  Family  Orchdaceae
  Subfamily Epidendroideae 
  Tribe  Malaxideae 
  Subtribe Dendrobiinae 
  Genus Dockrillia  Brieger 1981 
     
  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  origin In casuarina forests in wetlands and swamps, in Australia, between Jimna (Queensland) and Picton (N.S.Wales),
    In the inland areas (Armidale and the Blue Mountains), Papua and Pacific Islands
  elevation 50 - 800 m (165 - 2640 ft)
  habitat  climate informations from Brownlow Hill, Queensland
    Köppen climate classification Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 450 m / 1500 ft) :
    Dockrillia cucumerina gr uk 
  photoperiod in Brownlow Hill this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m' to 10 h 47 m'
  life form epiphyte or  litophyte
  brightness  sunny
     
inflorescence   lenght  2 cm (0.8"), axillary
  flowers  3 - 5, with foul smelling
  size single flower  2,5 L 1 cm (1 L 0.4")
  duration inflorescence ≈ 5 dys
  time to bloom from birth ≈  10 days
     
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