| Cymbidium tigrinum photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Parish, E.C. & Hooker, Joseph Dalton |
| published in | Botanical Magazine 90 : ad pl. 5457 1864 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Cymbidiinae Bentham | |
| genus |
Cymbidium Swartz 1799 |
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| 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 | on rocks, forests in India (Naghaland), Burma (Mt. Mulayit, Moulmein, Moulmaign, Moolee-it, Dawna Range), |
| China (Yunnan) | ||
| altitude | (1000) 1500 - 2700 m (3300) 4950 - 8910 ft | |
| habitat | climate informations from Mergui (Dawna Range, Tenasserim, Burma) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2000 m / 6600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mergui this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 49 m' to 11 h 11 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brightness | full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 cm (8") |
| nr flowers | 6 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 3 cm ( 1.6" L 1.2") - inflorescence 13 L 6 cm (5.2" L 2.4) | |
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 140 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
