| Cryptostylis arachnites photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (von Blume) von Blume, Carl Ludwig |
| published in | Collection des Orchidèes 133 . 1858 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Orchidoideae | |
| Tribe | Diurideae | |
| Subtribe | Cryptostylidinae | |
| Genus | Cryptostylis R. Brown 1810 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 42 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (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 | origin | evergreen forests, bamboo forests in India, Sri-Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, |
| Viet Nam (Ha Giang, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, Ninh THuan), China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Indonesia, | ||
| Malesia, Papua, Taiwan, Philippines | ||
| altitude | 200 - 1700 (660 - 5600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Chen-pien (Guangxi, China) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Chen-pien this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 20 - 30 cm (8 - 12"), basal |
| size | single flower 1 L 1 cm (0.4 L 0.4") - inflorescence 16 L 2 cm (6.4 L 0.8") | |
| duration | single flower ≈30 days - inflorescence ≈90 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
