Aeranthes peyrotii photo Z |
taxonomy | describeb by | Bosser, Jean-Marie |
published in | Adansonia : recueil pèriodique d' osservations botanique n.s. 11 (1) : 89 1971 | |
Family | Orchdaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Vandeae | |
Subtribe | Angraecinae | |
Genus | Aeranthes Lindley 1824 | |
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 | evergreen forest in Madagascar (Tamatave, Toamasina, Lake Alaotra, Mangoro, Didy, |
Antananarivo, Analamanga, Antsinanana) | ||
altitude | 772 - 1300 m (2542 - 4190 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Fenoarivo Be (Antananarivo, Madagascar) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Fenoarrivo Be this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m' to 10 h 47 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | low | |
inflorescence | length | 40 - 50 cm (16" - 20"), axillary |
nr flowers | one at a time | |
size | a flower 3 L 5 cm (1.2" L 0.5") | |
duration | a flower ≈ 20 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 270 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |