| Listrostachys pertusa photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10 : 930 1852 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| genus | Listrostachys Reichenbach f. 1852 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 46 | |
| 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 | evergreen forests in Cameroon, Congo (Dimonika), Ghana (Axim), Gabon (Eustuaire, |
| Moyen-Ogoove, Ngounie, Nyanga, Woleu-Ntem), Ivory Coast, Liberia (Mt. Nimba, Yasono), | ||
| Nigeria, Sierra Leone (Njala), Zaire | ||
| altitude | 0 - 700 m (0 - 2300 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Ndjolè (Moyen-Ogoove, Gabon) |
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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 350 m / 1155 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Ndjolè this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, constant throughout the year, of 12 h 0 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 16 - 20 cm (6.4" - 8"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 32 - 40 | |
| size | single flower 0.8 L 0.8 cm (0.32" L 0.32") - inflorescence 12 L 1.5 cm (4.8" L 0.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
