| Cymbidium ensifolium photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Epidendrum ensifolium Linnaeus) | ||
| taxonomy |
described by |
(Linnaeus) Swartz, Olof (Peter) |
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published in |
Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 6 : 77 1799 | |
| 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 |
evergreen forests, in moist soil or on limestone rocks covered with moss, in Sri Lanka, India, |
| Burma, Cambodia, Thailand (Doi Sutep), Viet Nam (Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Kon Tum, | ||
| Thanh Hoa, Lang Son, Ninh Thuan, Quang Binh, Son La), China (Auhui, Fujian, Guangdong, | ||
| Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Zizang, Zizhiqu, Yunnan, Zhejiang), | ||
| Hong Kong, Japan (Ryukyu Archipelago), Malaysia (Borneo, Mt. Kinabalu), Singapore, | ||
| Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi), Taiwan, Papua, The Philippines (Luzon) | ||
| altitudie | 300 - 1800 m (990 - 5900 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Jangxi (Jangxi, China) | |
| 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 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Jangxi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | geophyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length |
30 - 35 cm (12" - 14"), basal |
| nr flowers | 4 - 7, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 7 L 5 cm (2.8" L 2") - inflorescence 15 L 14 cm (6" L 5.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 25 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
