Angraecum viguieri

Angraecum viguieri

Angraecum viguieri                                                                                                                                                       photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy          described by Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf 
  published in            Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis  18 : 326    1922
     
   Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe  Vandeae
  Subtribe Angraecinae
  Genus Angraecum  Bory 1804
     
  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 Madagascar (Toamasina, Antsiranana, Alaotra, Mangoro, Analanjirofo)
  altitudee 7 – 2324 m (23 - 7670 ft)         
  habitat climate informations from Toamasina (Toamasina, Madagascar)
    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 1100 m / 3630 ft) :
    Angraecum viguieri a gr uk
  photoperiod  in Toamasina this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 12 m' to 10 h 48 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    sunny to full sun
     
inflorescence     long 4 cm (1.6") 
  nr flowers   1, fragrant 
  size  single flower 14 L 10 cm (4.16" L 4") - spur 12 cm (4.8") 
  duration ≈ 15 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 150days
     
CITES appendix II

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