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Table 1 Details of the six native orchids used in this study

From: CAM plasticity in epiphytic tropical orchid species responding to environmental stress

 

Full scientific name and authority

Common name

References for photosynthetic characterization (C3 or CAM)

C3

Coelogyne rochussenii

de Vriese (1854)

Rouchussen’s Coelogyne

Arditti (1980); Hew and Yong (2004)

Coelogyne mayeriana

Rchb. f. 1877

Mayer’s Coelogyne

Bulbophyllum membranaceum Teijsm. and Binn. 1854

The Membranous Bulbophyllum

CAM

Bulbophyllum vaginatum

(Lindl.) Rchb.f 1864

The Vagina Bulbophyllum

Yam (2013); Yong et al. (2015)

Dendrobium leonis

Rchb. f. 1864

The lion-like Dendrobium

Wadasinghe and Hew (1995); Hew et al. (1998)

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi

(Breda) Blume and Rchb.f. 1860

Deer antlered phalaenopsis

Motomura et al. (2008)