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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Lindley) Ridley, Henry Nicholas |
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published in |
Journal of the Linneaen Society , Botany 32 : 356 1896 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Vandeae |
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subtribe |
Aeridinae |
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genus |
Rhynchostylis Blume 1825 |
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chromosomes |
2n = 38 |
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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 |
deciduous or semi-deciduous forests in India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam (Dak Lak,
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Quang Binh, Tay Ninh), China (Hainan), Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Malaya, Kudat, Malaya Peninsula, |
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Balambangan Islads), The Philippines |
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altitude |
13 - 850 m (43 - 2800 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Buon Me Thout (Dak Lak, Viet Nam) |
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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 450 m / 1500 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Buon Me Thout this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 50 m' to 11 h 10 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
28 - 30 cm (11.2" - 12"), axillary |
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nr flowers |
30 - 37 |
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size |
single flower 2 L 2.6 cm (0.8" L 1.04") - inflorescence 19 L 8 cm (7.6" L 3.2") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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