| Angraecum rutenbergianum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Kraenzlin, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig |
| published in | Abhandlungen herausgegeben von Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 7 : 257 1882 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| Genus | Angraecum Bory 1804 | |
| 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 | humid evergreen forests, on trees or rocks, in Madagascar (Antananarivo, Vakinankaratra, |
| Fianarantsoa, Amoron'i Mania, Toliara, Anosy) | ||
| altitude | 386 - 2200 m (1274 - 7300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ambositra (Amoron'i Mania, Fianaratsoa, Madagascar) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1300 m / 4290 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ambositra this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm ( 0.4"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 7 L 8 cm (2.8" L 3.2") - spur 11 - 13 cm (4.4" L 5.2") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 24 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
