| Aerides falcata photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John & Paxton, Joseph |
| published in | Paxton' s Flower Gardner . Revised 2 : 142 1851 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| Genus | Aerides de Louriero 1790 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | tropical deciduous forests in India (Arracan), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam (Ninh Thuan), Burma, |
| China (Xizang Zizhiqu) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 700 m (0 - 2300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Raipur (Assam, India) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Raipur this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 25 m' to 10 h 35 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 cm (4"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 14 - 16, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 4 L 3 cm (1.6" L 1.2") - inflorescence 12 L 8 cm (4.08" L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence, ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
