| Pleione formosana forma alba photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Hayata, Bunzô |
| published in | Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokio 30 ( 1 ) : 326 - 327 1911 | |
| forma alba | described by | Torelli, Gianantonio & Riccabona, Marco |
| published in | Caesiana, Rivista dell'Associazione Italiana di Orchidologia 14 : 55 2000 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Arethuseae | |
| subtribe | Coelogyninae | |
| genus | Pleione D. Don 1825 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
| 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 | Taiwan, China, Central Nepal |
| altitude | ||
| habitat | climate informations from Kathmandu (Central Nepal) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1300 m / 4290 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kathmandu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 50 m' to 10 h 10 m' | |
| life form | geophyte on moss-covered rocks | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 12 cm (3.2" - 4.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 7 L 9 cm (2.8" L 3.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
