| Eulophia andamanensis photo C. Solimbero |
| taxonomy | descibed by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Flora 55 : 276 1872 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Eulophiinae | |
| genus | Eulophia R.Brown & Lindley 1823 | |
| 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 | in sandy soils, open grasslands and scrubland, with pronunced dry season, in India (Andaman Islands), Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Viet Nam (Ninh Thuan), Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra) |
| altitude | 0 - 100 m (0 - 330 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Port Blair (Andamane Islands, India) |
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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 50 m / 165 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Port Blair this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 45 m' to 11 h 15 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brigthness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 90 - 105 cm (36" - 42"), basal |
| nr flowers | 30 - 37 | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 3 cm (1" L 1.2") - inflorescence 90 L 5 cm (36" L 2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
