| Dyakia hendersoniana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Christenson, Eric Alston |
| published in | Orchid Digest 50 : 63 1986 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Dyakia Christensen 1986 | |
| metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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| (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 | wet forests, sometimes marshy in Indonesia (Borneo (Kalimantan)) |
| plant now very rare in nature | ||
| altitude | (0) 500 - 700 m (0 ) 1650 - 2310 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Balikpapan (East Kalimantan, Indonesia) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Balikpapan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 9 - 10 cm (3.6" - 4"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 25 - 27, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 1 cm (0.6" L 0.4") - inflorescence 7 L 2 cm (2.8" L 0.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 - 25 days | |
| time | to bloom, from birth ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
