| Chelonistele sulphurea, var. crassifolia foto C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Blume) Pfitzer, Ernst Hugo Heinrich |
| published in | Das Pflanzenreich 137 1907 | |
| var. crassifolia | described by | (Carr) de Vogel, Eduard Ferdinand |
| published in | Blumea 30 : 205 1984 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Arethuseae | |
| subtribe | Coelogyninae | |
| genus | Chelonistele (Kranzlin) Pfizer 1907 | |
| 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) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | moss oak forests and shruberry in Malaysia (Borneo, Kinabalu, Pahang, Cameron Highlands, Tambunan), |
| Indonesia (Padong Highlands) | ||
| altitude | 1560 - 2035 m (5148 - 6715 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from the Cameron Highlands (Pahang, Malaysia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1800 m / 5940 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in the Cameron Highlands this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 17 m' to 11 h 43 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 cm (8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 5 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") - inflorescence 7 L 5 cm (2.8" L 2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
