Renanthera monachica

Renanthera monachica 

Renanthera monachica                                                                                                                                                   photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Ames, Oakes
  published in       Orchidaceae  5 : 224    1915
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Aeridinae
  genus Renanthera  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 origins The Philippines (Rizal, Zambales, Nueva Viscaya)
  altitude 100 - 500 m (330 - 1650 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Olompago (Zambales, Central Luzon, Philippines)
    Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) :
    Renanthera monachica b gr uk
  photoperiod in Olompago this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 58 m' to 11 h 02 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 20 - 24 cm (8" - 9.6"), axillary
  nr flowers 6 - 8
  size single flower 4 L 3.5 cm (1.6" L 1.4") - inflorescence  L  cm
  duration inflorescence  ≈ 60 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 - 80 days
     
CITES appendix II

   

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