Aerides multiflora

Aerides multiflora

Aerides multiflora                                                                                                                                                             photo C.Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by Roxburgh, William 
  published in      Plants of the Coast of Coromandel  3 : 68   1820
     
   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 deciduous forests un India (Garo Hills), Nepal, Thailand
  altitude 100 - 1100 m (330 - 3600 ft)              
  habitat climate informations from Mae Hong Son (Mae Hong Son, Thailand)
    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 600 m / 1980 ft) :
    Aerides multiflora a gr uk
  photoperiod in Mae Hong Son 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      sunny 
     
inflorescence      length 60 - 90 cm  (24" - 36"), axillary
  nr flowers  110 - 230, fragrant
  size  single flower  2,5 L 2 cm  (0.82" L 0.8") - inflorescence  60 L 30 cm  (24" L 12")
  duration inflorescence, ≈ 40 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days
     
CITES appendix II

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