Aerides falcata

Aerides falcata

Aerides falcata                                                                                                                                                      photo C.Solimbergo
   
taxonomy          described by     Lindley, John  &  Paxton, Joseph 
  published in Paxton' s Flower Gardner . Revised  2 : 142   1851
     
  Family Orchidaceae 
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe Vandeae
  Subtribe Aeridinae
  Genus  Aerides   de Louriero 1790
     
  chromosomes   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 origin tropical deciduous forests in India (Arracan), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam (Ninh Thuan), Burma, 
    China (Xizang Zizhiqu)
  altitude 0 - 700 m (0 - 2300 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 300 m / 990 ft) :
    Aerides falcata a gr uk
  photoperiod  in Raipur this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 25 m' to 10 h 35 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness      partial shade to sunny
     
inflorescence      length 10 cm (4"), axillary
  nr flowers  14 - 16, fragrant
  size single flower 4 L 3 cm (1.6" L 1.2") - inflorescence 12 L 8 cm (4.08" L 3.2")
  duration inflorescence, ≈ days
  time  to bloom from birth, ≈ days
     
CITES appendix II

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