Renanthera matutina photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 218 1833 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Vandeae | |
subtribe | Aeridinae | |
genus | Renanthera Loureiro 1790 | |
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 | rainforests in Thailand, Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Nabawan, Taman, Bukit, Tawau, Tenom), |
Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), The Philippines | ||
altitude | 300 - 600 m (990 - 1980 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Boyolali (Central Java, Indonesia) | |
Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 450 m / 1500 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Boyolali this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 29 m' to 11 h 31 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 40 - 60 cm (16" - 24"), axillary |
nr flowers | 22 - 30 | |
size | single flower 6.5 L 5.5 cm (2.6" L 2.2") - inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 70 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |