| Christensonia vietnamica photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | Haager, Jiri |
| published in | Orchid Digest 57 ( 1 ) : 40 1993 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily |
Epidenroideae |
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| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridiinae | |
| genus | Christensonia Haager 1993 | |
| 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 | deciduous or semideciduos forests in Viet Nam (Ninh, Thuan) |
| altitude | 600 - 700 m (1980 - 2310 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ninh Thuan (South Central Coast, Viet Nam) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 650 m / 2145 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ninh Thuan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 47 m' to 11 h 13 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 5 cm (2"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3 | |
| size | single flower 1.8 L 2.5 cm (0.72" L 1") - depth 3.5 cm (1.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 14 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
