not yet in bloom
| Macropodanthus alatus | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Holttum) Seidenfaden, Gunnar & Garay, Leslie Andrew |
| published in | Opera Botanica 95 : 261 1988 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Macropodanthus Williams 1938 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (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 | India (Andaman Islands), Thailand, Viet Nam, Malaysia (Johor, Kota, Tinggi) |
| altitude | 152 (1300) m 501 (4290 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) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 150 m / 500 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Port Blair this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 46 m' to 11 h 14 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | |
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| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days |
