not yet in bloom
| Diaphananthe bidens |
| taxonomy | described by | (Afzelius ex Swartz) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Die Orchideen 593 1914 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| genus | Diaphananthe Schlechter 1914 | |
| 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 |
rain forests of Benin, Ghana (Akrofu, Tawji, Amedzofe), Guinea (Pagalo Island), Guinea-Bissau , |
| Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria (Owens-Oguta, Imo, Nekede, Bendel, Sapoba, Oyo, Ibadan forest), | ||
| Centra African Republic (Sangha), Sierra Leone (Nyala), Togo, Uganda (Bunyoro, Budongo forest, , | ||
| Mengo, Busiro, Entebbe), Cameroon (Mt. Cameroon, Limbe, Nyasoso, Meme, Barombi, Ndangan, Manyu, | ||
| Nyale forest, Ejaghem Lakwe, Mt. Kupe, Korup National Park, Mefou National Park, Manfe, Moliwe), | ||
| Gabon (Nzèrèkore, Lastoursville, Ashanti, Akim, Juaso), Congo, Zaire (Haut-Zaire), Rwanda, Angola | ||
| altitude | 9 - 1100 m (30 - 3630 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Okigwi (Imo, Nigeria) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 550 m / 1815 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Okigwi this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 22 m' to 11 h 38 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
