| Cleisostoma rolfeanum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (King & Pantling) Garay, Leslie Andrew |
| published in | Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University 23 : 174 1972 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Cleisostoma Blume 1825 | |
| 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 | tropical rainforests in Burma, north Thailand |
| altitude | up to 900 m (2970 ft) | |
| habitat | informations on the climate, the weather station Chang Rai (Chiang Rai, Thailand) | |
| 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 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Chang Rai this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 18 m' to 10 h 42 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 - 19 cm (4.8" - 7.6"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 3 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1 cm (0.4" L 0.4") - inflorescence 10 L 3 cm (4" L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 14 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
