| Aeranthes ramosa photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Orchid Review 9 (107) : 352 . 1901 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Angraecinae | |
| Genus | Aeranthes Lindley 1824 | |
| 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 or dry forests in Madagascar (Antananarivo, Analamanga, Antsiranana, Mahajanga, |
| Toamasina, Alaotra-Mangoro, Ambatovy National Park) | ||
| altitude | 722 - 1500 m (2382 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Anjzorobe (Analamanga, Madagascar) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m (3630 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Anjzorobe this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m' to 10 h 47 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 25 cm, basal |
| flowers | 3 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2 L 2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
