| Angraecum sesquipedale photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | du Petit Thouras, Louis Marie Aubert |
| published in | Historie Particulière des Plantes Orchidèes pl . 66 & 67 1822 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| Genus | Angraecum Bory 1804 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 trees near the sea, in Madagascar (Fianarantsoa,Haute Matsiatra, Vatovavy-Fitovinavy, Toliara, Anosy, |
| Toamasina, Analanjirofo, Antsiranana) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 700 m (0 - 2310 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Amboasary (Anosy, Toljara, Madagascar) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 350 m / 1155 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ambosary this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 40 m' to 10 h 20 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 cm (8"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 15 L 16 cm (6" L 6.4") - spur 30 cm (12") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 20 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
