Vanda lamellata var. remediosae | photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 24 ( misc. ) : 66 , f . 125 1838 | |
var. remediosae | descritta da | Ames, Oakes & Quisumbing y Argüelles, Eduard |
pubblicata in | Philippine Journal of Science 52 : 461 1933 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Vandeae | |
subtribe | Aeridinae | |
genus | Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 | |
cromosomi | 2n = 38 | |
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 | forests on sea beach edge in Japan (Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands), Taiwan, The Philippines (Camiguin, |
Calayan Island, Busvangab Island mangroves forest) | ||
altitude | 0 - 800 m (0 - 2640 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Calayan (Eastern Visayas, Philippines) | |
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 400 m / 1320 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Calayan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 17 m' to 10 h 43 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | full sun | |
inflorescence | length | 18 - 22 cm (7.2" - 8.8"), axillary |
nr flowers | 5 - 6, fragrants | |
size | single flower 3.5 L 3.5 cm (1.4" L 1.4") - inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 50 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |