| Bletilla striata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Thunberg) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 36 : 75 1878 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Arethuseae | |
| Subtribe | Coelogyninae | |
| Genus | Bletilla Reichenbach f. 1852-3 | |
| cromosomi | 2n = 32, 38, 76 | |
| 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 |
evergreen forests, conifers, meadows, in Birmania, China (Anhui, Fujian, Guansu, Guangdong, Guanxi, |
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Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Mt. Mangshan, Yizhang, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Wolong), |
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Japan, South Korea |
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| altitude | 650 - 1800 m (2145 - 5940 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Liziba (Guizhou, China) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Liziba this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 52 m' to 10 h 08 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 25 - 31 cm (10" - 12.04"), apical |
| nr flowers | 4 - 7, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") -inflorescence 18 L 10 cm (7.2" L 4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
