| Angraecum viguieri photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 18 : 326 1922 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Angraecinae | |
| 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 | origins | Madagascar (Toamasina, Antsiranana, Alaotra, Mangoro, Analanjirofo) |
| altitudee | 7 – 2324 m (23 - 7670 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Toamasina (Toamasina, Madagascar) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m / 3630 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Toamasina this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 12 m' to 10 h 48 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | long | 4 cm (1.6") |
| nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 14 L 10 cm (4.16" L 4") - spur 12 cm (4.8") | |
| duration | ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 150days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
