Tuberolabium kotoense photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Yamamoto, Yoshimatsu |
published in | Botanical Magazine, Tokio 38 : 209 . 1924 | |
Family | Orchdaceae | |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Vandeae | |
Subtribe | Aeridinae | |
Genus | Tuberolabium Yamamoto 1924 | |
chromosomes | 2n = 30 | |
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 | origin | in forests, on tree trunks, in Taiwan (Koto Mountains, Lanyu, The Orchid Island), Philippines |
altitude | 250 - 350 m (660 - 990 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Lanyu (Taiwan) | |
Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 825 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Lanyu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 35 m' to 10 h 27 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | lenght | 12 - 20 cm (4.8 - 8"), axillary |
flores | 36 - 44 | |
size | single flower 1 L 1 cm ( 0.4 L 0.4") - inflorescence 15 L 3 cm (6 L 1.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth ≈ 60 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |