| Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 23 : 214 1862 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Phalaenopsis Blume 1825 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 | The Philippines (Manila, Luzon, Apparri, Mindanao, Apayae, Kalinga, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna) |
| altitude | 27 - 500 m (89 - 1650 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Apparri (Cayagan Valley, Luzon, Philippines) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 250 m / 825 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Apparri this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m', to 10 h 47 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 - 40 cm (12" - 16"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 - 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
