| Drymoanthus minutus photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Nicholls, William Henry |
| published in | Victorian Naturalist 59 : 175 1943 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Drymoanthus Nicholls 1943 | |
| 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 | the rainforest, on small trees, in Australia (Queensland, from Cairns to Townvill) and New Caledonia |
| altitude | 100 - 850 m (330 - 2800 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Ingham (Queensland, Australia) |
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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 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ingham this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brigthness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 6 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 0.3 L 0.2 cm (0.12" L 0.08") - inflorescence 1 L 0.5 cm (0.4" L 0.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 70 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
