| Plectrelminthus caudatus photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Summerhayes, Victor Samuel |
| published in | Kew Bulletin 441 1949 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aerangidinae | |
| genus | Plectrelrninthus Rafinasque 1838 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 46 | |
| 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 | forests of west Africa, in Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea (Nzèrekorè), Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, |
| Gabon (Estuaire, Moyen Ogooue, Ivindo, Lola), Central African Republic (Bamingui-Bangoran), Zaire | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1230 m (0 - 4060 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Nzèrekoèlè (Nzèrekorè, Guinea) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Nzèrekoèlè this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 30 m' to 11 h 30 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 45 - 60 cm (18" - 24"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 4 - 6 | |
| size | single flower 8 L 5 cm (3.2" L 2") - spur 20 cm (8") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
