Adenoncos sumatrana photo C.Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Smith, Joannes Jacobus |
published in | Bulletin du Department de Agriculture aux Indes Neerlandaises 22 : 44 1909 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Vandeae | |
Subtribe | Aeridinae | |
Genus | Adenoncos Blume 1825 | |
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 | secondary forests, peat swamp in Malaysia (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya) |
altitude | 0 - 1350 m (0 - 4455 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Pageralam (South Sumatra, Indonesia) | |
Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Pageralam this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 04 m' to 11 h 56 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 0.5 cm (0.2"), axillary |
nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrant | |
size | single flower 0.5 L 0.5 cm (0.2" L 0.2") | |
duration | single flower ≈ 60 - 80 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |