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| taxonomy |
described by |
Hooker, William Jackson |
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published in |
Loudon' s Hortus Britannicus 372 1850 |
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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 |
Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 |
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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 |
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka (Puttulam Palavi), India (Assam, Bauda, Surguie, Bahar, Amaravathi Hills, Kottappati, |
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Palaud, Orissa, Daspala, Tamil Nadu Peninsula, Darmapuri, Coimbatore, Hazaribagh, Dindigul, Bora, |
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Kerala, Trivandrum, Jharkhand, Garhwa, Nepal, Burma, Uttar Pradesh, Banda, Sirguja, Bengal, Cho Nagp, |
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Andhra Pradesh, Nellore Madras, Bihar), Viet Nam, China (Hainan, Yaichou) |
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altitude |
15 - 609 m (50 - 2010 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Tiruchirapalli (Trichy), (Tamil Nadu, India) |
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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 300 m / 990 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Trichy this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 42 m' to 11 h 18 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
length |
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nr flowers |
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size |
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duration |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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