Cleisostoma williamsonii

Cleisostoma williamsonii

Cleisostoma williamsonii                                                                                                                                               photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described  by          (Reichenbach f.) Garay, Leslie Andrew
  published in  Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University  23 ( 4 ) : 176    1972 
     
  family Orchidaceae 
  subfamily    Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Aeridinae
  genus  Cleisostoma  Blume 1825
     
  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 forests in India (Sikkim), Bhutan (Tongsa, Shemgang), Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam (Cao Bang,
    Dak Lak, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Kon Tum, Lai Kau, Quang Binh, Quang Nam, Son La, Tay Ninh, 
    Thua Thien, Hue), China (Guandong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hainan), Malaysia (Kedah, Langkawi, Selat Panchor), Indonesia
  altitude  410 - 2500 m  (1353 - 8250 ft)         
  habitat climate informations from Fengyi (Yunnan, China)
    Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) :
    Cleisostoma williamsonii a gr uk
  photoperiod   in Fengyi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 14 h 06 m' to 9 h 54 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   sunny
     
inflorescence    length 6 cm (2.4"), axillary
  nr flowers 4 - 6
  size single flower  1 L 0.7 cm  (0.4" L 0.28") - inflorescence  L  cm
  duration inflorescence25 - 30 days
  time the birth ïthe flowering, ≈ 90 - 120 days  
     
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