no longer in collection
| Micropera rostrata | photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | (Roxburgh) Balakrishnan, M. S. |
| published in | Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 67 : 66 1970 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Micropera Lindley 1832 | |
| 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 | evergreen tropical forests in Bangladesh (Silhet), India (Assam, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Jeypore, |
| Karbi-Anglong, Kokrajhan) | ||
| rare plant in the wild | ||
| altitude | 200 - 800 m | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Dibrugarh (Assam, India) |
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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 500 m / 1650 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Dibrugarh this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 49 m' to 10 h 11 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 13 - 15 cm (5.2"- 6"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 20 - 22, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2.4 L 2 cm (0.96" L 0.8"), inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence length, ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
