| Acriopsis indica photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Wight, Robert |
| published in | Icones Plantarum Indiae Orientalis 5 : 20, pl . 1748 1851 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Cymbidiinae | |
| Genus | Acriopsis 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 | evergreen, decidous or semi decidous forests, in India, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam, Thailand (Kaho Yai), |
| China (Yunnan), Malaysia (Pahang, Fraser Hills, Ranau), Indonesia, Tha Philippines | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1800 m (0 - 5940 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Haiphong (Hai Phong, Viet Nam) | |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers |
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| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperid | in Haiphon this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 22 m' to 10 h 38 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 25 - 30 cm (10" - 12"), basal |
| nr flowers | 80 - 120 | |
| size | single flower 0.7 L 0.7 cm (0.28" L 0.28") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 10 - 12 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
