Sarcochilus hartmannii photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | von Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich |
published in | Fragmenta Pytographiæ Australiæ 8 : 248 1874 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Vandeae | |
subtribe | Aeridinae | |
genus | Sarcochilus R.Brown 1810 | |
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 | eucalypt forests in Australia (Lismore, northern New South Wales from Richmond-Tweed River, Clarence, |
Murwillumbah to Gympie, south-east Queensland) | ||
altitude | 500 - 1000 m (1650 - 3300 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Murwillumbah (New South Wales, Australia) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2500 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Murwillumbah this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 53 m' to 10 h 07 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 18 - 23 cm (7.2" - 9.2"), axillary |
nr flowers | 14 - 16 | |
size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") - inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 50 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 - 70 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |