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| taxonomy |
described by |
James O' Brien |
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published in |
The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazzette 41 : 51 1907 |
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Family |
Orchidaceae |
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Subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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Tribe |
Collabieae |
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Subtribe |
Laeliinae |
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Genus |
Ancistrochilus Rolfe 1897 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
forests in Gabon (Ngounie River), Benin, Ghana (Effiduasi), Guinea ((Nzèrèkorè Lola), Nigeria (Ore, |
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Benin, Owen forest Reserve, Ondo), Cameroon (Mt. Kupe, Nyasoso, Bamenda Bu Ketse'e, Muanenguba, |
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Nkambe, Ato), Central African Rep. (Sangha-Mbaere, Kongana), Uganda (Budongo forests, Bunyoro) |
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altitude |
70 - 970 m (230 - 3200 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Ode (Ondo, Nigeria)
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Ode this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 30 m' to 11 h 30m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
low |
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| inflorescence |
length |
18 - 26 cm (7.2" - 10.4"), basal |
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nr flowers |
2 - 4, fragrant |
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size |
single flower 5 L 6 cm (2" L 2.4") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 30 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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