| Pleione forrestii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edimburgh 5 ( 24 ) : 106 - 107 , pl . 81 1912 | |
| 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 | Burma, China (Yunnan, Dali, Lichiang, Cangshan) |
| altitude | 840 - 3078 m (2770 - 10150 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Dali (Yunnan, China) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1900 m / 6300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Dali this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 42 m' to 10 h 18 m' | |
| life form | geophyte or litophyte, on granite rocks or slopes, covered with moss | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 cm (4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4.5 cm (1.6" L 1.8") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 12 - 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 - 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
