| Bulbophyllum carunculatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | desribed by | Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer, Fritz & Siegerist, Emily S. |
| published in | Lindeyana 10 : 174 1995 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Malaxideae | |
| Subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| Genus | Bulbophyllum Thouras 1822 | |
| 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 | primary forests in Indonesia (Sulawesi), The Philippines |
| altitude | 800 - 900 m (2640 - 2970) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Rantepao (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 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Rantepao this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 85 cm (34") basal |
| nr flowers | 13 - 18, open one at a time - smelling unpleasant | |
| size | single flower 24 L 12 cm (9.6" L 4.8") | |
| duration | single flower ~ 4 days - inflorescence ~ 500 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
