Bulbophyllum echinolabium

Bulbophyllum echinolabium 

Bulbophyllum echinolabium                                                                                                                                         photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy       described by Smith, Johannes Jacobus 
  published in      Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis  36 : 118    1934
     
   Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily  Epidendroideae
  Tribe Malaxideae 
  Subtribe Dendrobiinae
  Genus Bulbophyllum  Thouras  1822
  Section Lepidorhiza  Schlechter 1911
     
  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 Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sulawesi) - rare in the wild 
  altitude 600 - 1200 m (1980 - 3960 ft)              
  habitat climate informations from Manado (North Sulawesi, 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 900 m / 2970 ft) :
    Bulbophyllum echinolabium a gr uk
  photoperiod in Manado this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 05 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness     partial shade
     
inflorescence      length 30 - 35 cm  (12" - 14"), basal
  nr flowers 3 - 5, smelly, bloom one at a time
  size a flower  32 L 13 cm  (12.8" L 5.2")
  duration a flower, ≈ 10, inflorescence 120 days
  time  to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days 
     
CITES appendix II

   

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