Angraecum viguieri photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 18 : 326 1922 | |
Family | Orchidaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Vandeae | |
Subtribe | Angraecinae | |
Genus | Angraecum Bory 1804 | |
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 | Madagascar (Toamasina, Antsiranana, Alaotra, Mangoro, Analanjirofo) |
altitudee | 7 – 2324 m (23 - 7670 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Toamasina (Toamasina, Madagascar) | |
Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m / 3630 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Toamasina this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 12 m' to 10 h 48 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | sunny to full sun | |
inflorescence | long | 4 cm (1.6") |
nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
size | single flower 14 L 10 cm (4.16" L 4") - spur 12 cm (4.8") | |
duration | ≈ 15 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 150days | |
CITES | appendix | II |