| Doritis pulcherrima photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 178 1833 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Doritis Lindley 1833 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | evergreen humid forests ,along gullies in wet and sandy soils, in India (Assam), Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Viet Nam (Hannam, Hue), Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra), China (Yunnan, Hainan) |
| altitude | 0 - 500 (800) m (0 - 1650 (2640) ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Hue (Thura Thien-Hue, Viet Nam) |
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| 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 250 m / 825 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Hue this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 05 m' to 10 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 60 - 70 cm (24" - 28"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 28 - 32 | |
| size | single flower 3 L 2.5 cm (1.2" L 1") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 90 - 110 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
