not yet in bloom
| Grammangis ellisii |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Hamburger Garten und Blumenzeitung 16 : 520 1860 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Eulophiinae | |
| genus | Grammangis Reichenbach f. 1860 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 54 | |
| 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 | rainforests of the coast, often near streams, in Madagascar (Antananarivo, Toamasina, Analamanga, |
| Alaotra, Mangoro, Analanjirofo, Tana) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1300 m (0 - 4290 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from Toamasina (Toamasina, Madagascar) |
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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 650 m / 2145 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Toamasina this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 12 m' to 10 h 48 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny to partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
