| Aerangis brachycarpa photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Richard) Duran, Thèophile Alexis & Schinz, Hans |
| published in | Conspectus Florae Afrcae 5 : 50 1895 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| Genus | Aerangis Reichenbach f. 1865 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 50 | |
| 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) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | Kenya (Embu, Nairobi Bahati, Marsabit Gatab, Kajiedo, Lari forest, Kiumbu forest, Gazetteer, Rift Valley, |
| Narok, Chyulu, Hills Spring forest), Tanzania (Kilimanjaro, Rombo, Mbeya, Mbarali, Morogoro, Kilosa, | ||
| Ulanga, Mahenge, Rukwa, Sumbawanga, Tatanda), Uganda (Napak), Angola (Moxico), | ||
| Zambia (Kundalila Falls), Eritrea, Ethiopia (Jimma, Lake Awassa, Sidamo, Bole Canyon, Wogera, Woliso) | ||
| altitude | 420 - 2134 m (1386 - 7042 ft) | |
| habitat | climate information from Luso (Moxico, Angola) | |
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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 1300 m (4290 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Luso this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 46 m' to 11 h 14 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 34 - 42 cm (13.6" L 17"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 6 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 6 L 6 cm (2.4" L 2.4") - depth 4 cm (1.6") - spur 11 cm (5.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
