Vanda hindsii photo Z |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | Hooker' s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2 : 237 1843 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Vandeae | |
subtribe | Aeridinae | |
genus | Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 | |
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 | on tall trees in Australia (Queensland, Cape York, Massey Creek Peninsula), Papua (Garaina, Morobe, |
Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Tukote, Wau, Enga, Kenejia River forest, Baiyer River, Pomio, Aitape, Madang, | ||
Dischore Range, New Georgia Island, Kenejia River), Solomon, (Bouganville, Gaudalcanal, Siwai) | ||
altitude | 150 - 1128 m (495 - 3722 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Builyan (Queensland, Australia) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 640 m / 2110 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Builyan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 37 m' to 10 h 23 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brigthness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 15 cm (6"), axillary |
nr flowers | 4 - 6, fragrants | |
size | single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6 L 1.6"), inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |