| Cypripedium formosanum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Harata, Bunzo |
| published in | Icones plantarum formosanum nec non et contributiones ad floram formosanam 6 : 66, t . 9 1916 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Cypripedioideae | |
| tribe | -- | |
| subtribe | -- | |
| genus | Cypripedium Linnaeus 1753 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 20 | |
| 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 | endemic in the forests of Central Mountains, on small shrubes or bamboo, in Taiwan (Taroko, Alishan, |
| Shei-pa, Oiwake) - now very rare, due to overcollecting pressure | ||
| altitude | (1500) 2400 - 3000 m (4950) (7920 - 9900 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Taichung (Shei-Pa National Park, Taiwan) |
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| 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 2400 m / 7900 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Taichung this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 36 m' to 10 h 24 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 cm (4"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 10 L 9 cm (4" L 3.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 16 - 18 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | APPENDIX | II |
