Vanda coerulescens photo C. Solimbergo |
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taxonomy | described by | Griffith, William |
published in | Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas 3 : 352 , pl . 331 1851 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe | Vandeae | |
subtribe | Aeridinae | |
genus | Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 | |
chromosomes | 2n = 38 - 40 | |
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 | India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam), Burma, Thailand, China (Yunnan) |
altitude | 300 - 1500 m (990 - 4950 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Raipur (Assam, India) | |
Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Raipur this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 24 m' to 10 h 36m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | |
nr flowers | ||
size | ||
duration | ||
time | to bloom from birth, ~ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |