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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Lindley) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
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publshed in |
Die Orchideen 596 1914 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Vandeae |
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subtribe |
Aerangidinae |
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genus |
Cyrtorchis Schlechter 1914 |
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chromosomes |
2n = 46 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
woods or forests of Benin, Ghana, Guinea (Nzèrèkorè, Lola), Cote d 'Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, |
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Sierra Leone, Togo, Burundi (Bururì), Congo, Cameroon, Gabon (Nyanga, Ogoove-Ivindo), |
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Islands in the Gulf of Guinea (Nzérékoré, Lola), Rwanda, Zaire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, |
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Malawi, Mozambique (Maputo), Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Swizland |
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altitude |
521 - 2500 m (1720 - 8250 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Nzérékoré (Nzérékoré, Guinea) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Nzérékoré this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 30 m' to 11 h 30 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
full sun |
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| inflorescence |
length |
10 cm (4"), axillary |
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nr flowers |
8 - 12 |
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size |
single flower 2.5 L 3 cm (1" L 1.2") - inflorescence L cm |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 30 days |
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time |
to bloom at birth, ≈ 70 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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