| no longer in collection | ||
| Aerangis mooreana photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Rolfe ex Sander) Cribb, Phillip James & Stewart, Joce L. Stewart |
| published in | Orchid Rewiew 91 : 218 1983 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| Genus | Aerangis Reichenbach f. 1865 | |
| 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 | origin | Comoros (Anjouan, Ndzonani), Madagascar (Mahajunga, Maevatanana) |
| altitude | 0 - 600 m (0 - 1980 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ouella (Gran Comoros, Comoros) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ouella 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 | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 - 12 cm (4" - 4.8"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 4 - 5 | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 2 cm (0.6" L 0.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 10 - 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
