| Mastigion fascinator | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Cirrhopetalum fascinator) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Rolfe) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer, Fritz & Siegerist, Emily S. |
| published in | Nordic Journal of Botany 14 ( 6 ) : 637 1994 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Mastigion Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 | |
| 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 | norteast of Thailand, Laos, Burma, Viet Nam, and throughout Malaysia |
| there are identification problems, and confusion, on this plant | ||
| for Nantya Vaddhanaphuti (Wild Orchids of Thailand, terd ed.) this flower is a Mastigion fascinator | ||
| we are successfully cultivated in the warm house | ||
| altitude | 500 - 1000 m (1650 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Lashio (Shan, Burma) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2500 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Lashio this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 cm (4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, smelly | |
| size | single flower 15 L 3 cm (6" L 1.2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
