| Phaius tancarvilleae photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Banks ex L' Heritier de Brutelle) von Blume, Carl Ludwig |
| published in | Museum Botanicum 2 : 177 1856 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Collabieae | |
| subtribe | Collabiinae | |
| genus | Phaius Lourierio 1790 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38, 44 | |
| 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 | swampy areas, woods and grasslads in Madagascar (Soanilrana Ivongo), India (Sikkim, Darjeeling, |
| SAmalbong, Pudung, Kalimpong, Kurseong, Mirik), Burma (Hookon Vallwey), Thailand (Dansai, Lôi, | ||
| Doi Sutep, Chiengmai), China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guanxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Hong Kong (Mt. Parker), | ||
| Taiwan, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Kobipoto), Australia (Queensland), Papua, Solomon (Kwaio) | ||
| altitude | 250 - 1300 (1800) m (825 - 4290 (5940) ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Lanyu (The Orchid Island, Taiwan) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Lanyu this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 120 - 130 cm (48" - 52"), basal |
| nr flowers | 12 - 14 | |
| size | single flower 6 L 12 cm (2.4" L 4.8") - inflorescence, L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence, ≈ 45 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 100 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
