| Cymbidium aloifolium photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Epidendrum aloifolium Linnaeus) | ||
| taxonomy |
described by | (Linnaeus) Swartz, Olof (Peter) |
| published in |
Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 6 : 73 1799 |
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| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Cymbidiinae | |
| genus | Cymbidium Swartz 1799 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
| 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 |
forests on trees or mossy rocks in Bangladesh, India (Assam, Sikkim, Darjeeling, Relli, Kalimpong, |
| altitude | 13 - 1600 m (43 - 5280 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Vinh Thuoc Nam (Nghe An, Viet Nam) | |
| 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 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Vinh Thuoc Nam this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 25 m' to | |
| 10 h 35 m' | ||
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 70 - 85 cm (28" - 34"), basal, pendulous |
| nr flowers | 28 - 33 | |
| size | single flower 4.5 L 4.5 cm (1.8" L 1.8") - inflorescence 35 L 8 cm ( 14" L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 10 - 15 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
