| Stenoglottis longifolia photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | desribed by | Hooker, Joseph Dalton |
| published in | Botanical Magazine 117 : t . 7186 1891 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Orchidoideae | |
| tribe | Orchideae | |
| subtribe | Orchidinae | |
| genus | Stenoglottis Lindley 1837 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | in forests, in humus or on rocks covered with moss, South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Province) |
| altitude | 300 - 1300 m (990 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Pietremaritzburg (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Pietermaritzburg this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 57 m' to 10 h 03 m' | |
| life form | litophyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 40 - 60 cm (16 - 24" ) , from a leaves rosette |
| nr flowers | 90 - 100 | |
| size | single flower 1,6 L 1 cm (0.64" L 0.4") - deep 1,5 cm (0.6") - inflorescence cm ( ) | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ 90 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
