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taxonomy |
described by |
Guillaumin, Andrè |
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published in |
Bulletin de la Societè Botanique de France 71 : 554 1924 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Cypripedioideae |
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tribe |
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subtribe |
-- |
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genus |
Paphiopedilum Pfitzer 1886 |
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section |
Parvisepalum (Karasawa & Saito) Cribb 1987 |
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chromosomes |
2n = 26 |
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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 |
evergreen cloud forests in Viet Nam (Tonkin, Lam Dong), China (Guangxi, Liu Zhou,ì Yunnan, Fu Ning, |
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Ma Li Po, Xi Chou) |
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altitude |
900 - 1200 m (2970 - 3960 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Wenshan (Ma Li Po Valley, Yunnan, China) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Wenshan this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 33 m' to 10 h 27 m' |
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life form |
geophyte, in soils rich of silicates covered with moss |
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to bloom induction, need rest november (Lance A. Birk) |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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inflorescence |
length |
20 cm (8"), from the base of leaves |
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nr flowers |
1 |
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size |
single flower 6 L 8 cm (2.4" L 3.2") |
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duration |
single flower ≈ 90 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ days |
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CITES |
appendix |
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