| Macodes petola | photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | desribed by | (Blume) Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 497 1840 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Cranichideae | |
| tribe | Gooddyerinae | |
| genus | Macodes (Blume) Lindley 1840 | |
| chromosones | 2n = 30 - 42 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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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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soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. |
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| native of | origins | tropical forests, mangrove swamps in Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sumatra), |
| Malaysia (Terengganu, Hulu Terengganu, Temblat, Gunung Temblat, Crockey Range), | ||
| Japan, Yaeyama Islands (Island of Iriomote-jima, Mt. Komi, Nakama River Falls) | ||
| altitude | 497 - 1840 m (1640 - 6070 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Mt. Komi (Iromote-jima, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Mt. Komi this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 37 m' to 10 h 23 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 - 24 cm (8" - 8.16") |
| nr flowers | 20 - 24 | |
| size | single flower 0,7 L 1,5 cm (0.28" L 0.6") - inflorescence 10 L 4 cm (4" L 0.16") | |
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
