Podangis dactyloceras

Podangis dactyloceras 

Podangis dactyloceras                                                                                                                                                   photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by (Reichenbach f.) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf
  published in      Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt  36 : 82    1918
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Angraecinae
  genus Podangis  Schlechter 1918
     
  chromosomes   2n = 46 
  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 evergreen rain forests, riverside, in Madagascar, Angola (Pungo Andongo), Cameroon (Buea, Bambui,
    Wum Binkas, Mambila, Kodmin, Bamenda, Bafut, Mt. Kupe), Ghana (Amedzofe), Guinea, Ivory Coast,
    Nigeria (Ondo, Zonkwa, Zaria, Plateau, Parkshin-Mongu), São Tomè, Sierra Leone, Tanzania,
    Uganda (Kalinzu forest, Bunyoro, Budongo, Siba), Zaire
  altitude 300 - 2200 m  (990 - 7260 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Bukuru (Plateau, Nigeria)
    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 1250 m / 4125 ft) :
    Podangis dactyloceras b gr uk
  photoperiod in Bukuru this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 38 m' to 11 h 22 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 2,5 cm  (1"), basal  
  nr flowers 16 - 20
  size single flower  0.9 L 0.7 cm  (0.36" L 0.28") - spur  1 cm  (0.4") - inflorescence 5 L 7 cm (2 L 2.8")
  duration  inflorescence25 - 30 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days
     
CITES appendix II

  

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