Aerides krabiense photo Z |
taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
published in | Botanisk Tidsskript 67 : 116 1972 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Vandeae | |
Subtribe | Aeridinae | |
Genus | Aerides de 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 | origin | Thailand (Krabi), Malaysia (Langkawi Islands), on calcareus roks |
altitude | 150 - 400 m (495 - 1320 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Krabi (Krabi, Thailand) | |
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 275 m / 907 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Krabi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 34 m' to 11 h 26 m' | |
life form | litophyte | |
brightness | full sun | |
inflorescence | length | 28 - 36 cm (11" - 14.4"), axillary |
nr flowers | 18 - 20 | |
size | single flower 2 L 2.5 cm (0.8" L 1") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |