Trichoglottis smithii

Trichoglottis smithii

Trichoglottis smithii                                                                                                                                                         photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Carr, Cedric Errol
  published in        Gardners' Bulletin, Straits Settlements  8 : 125    1935
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Aeridinae
  genus Trichoglottis  Blume 1825
     
  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 swampy forests in Malaysia (Borneo, Sumatra, Sabah, Tenom, Kinabalu, Maga River, Lohan River, Sipitang,
    Ulu Long Pa Sia, Ranau, Ulu Tinjar, Paling Hills, Sook Plain, Kirabalu, Kerengras forest), Indonesia (Sumatra)
  altitude 66 - 1275 m  (218 - 4207 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Kutabulu Pasar (North Sumatra, Indonesia)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 650 m / 2145 ft) :
    Trichoglottis smithii b gr uk
  photoperiod in Kutabulu Pasar this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 12 m' to 11 h 48 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness      partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 1 cm  (0.4"), axillary
  nr flowers 1, fragrant
  size single flower  2.3 L 2.6 cm  (0.92" L 1.04")
  duration single flower, ≈ days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days 
     
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