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| taxonomy |
described by |
Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
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published in |
The Gardners' Chronicle, new series 16 : 748 , f . 149 10 december 1881 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Vandeae |
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subtribe |
Aeridinae |
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genus |
Phalaenopsis Blume 1825 |
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chromosomes |
2n = 38 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
humid forests of The Philippines (Mindanao, near Lake Maynit, Agusan Valley, Surigao Valley, |
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Talacogon Valley, Miramis Oriental, Bukidnon), Fiji |
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altitude |
0 - 457 m (0 - 1508 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Surigao (Caraga, Mindanao, Philippines) |
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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) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 230 m / 760 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Surigao this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 38 m' to 11 h 22 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
low |
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| inflorescence |
length |
20 - 24 cm (8" - 9.6"), axillary |
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nr flowers |
8 - 12 |
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size |
single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") - inflorescence 30 L 9 cm (12" L 3.6") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 60 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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