| Chiloschista parishii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
| published in | Opera Botanica 95 : 176 1988 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Chiloschista Lindley 1832 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | semideciduos or deciduous forests, in India (Sikkim), Bhutan, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam (Lai Chau, Lao Cai) |
| altitude | 1090 - 2000 m (3597 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bhojpur (Eastern Region, Nepal) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bhojpur this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 48 m' to 10 h 12 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 2 - 4 cm (0.82 - 1.6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 3 - 5, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1 cm (0.4" L 0.4") - inflorescence 2.5 L 1.5 cm (1" L 0.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 - 45 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
