| Podangis dactyloceras photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt 36 : 82 1918 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Angraecinae | |
| genus | Podangis Schlechter 1918 | |
| 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 | evergreen rain forests, riverside, in Madagascar, Angola (Pungo Andongo), Cameroon (Buea, Bambui, |
| Wum Binkas, Mambila, Kodmin, Bamenda, Bafut, Mt. Kupe), Ghana (Amedzofe), Guinea, Ivory Coast, | ||
| Nigeria (Ondo, Zonkwa, Zaria, Plateau, Parkshin-Mongu), São Tomè, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, | ||
| Uganda (Kalinzu forest, Bunyoro, Budongo, Siba), Zaire | ||
| altitude | 300 - 2200 m (990 - 7260 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bukuru (Plateau, Nigeria) | |
| 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 1250 m / 4125 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bukuru this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 38 m' to 11 h 22 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 2,5 cm (1"), basal |
| nr flowers | 16 - 20 | |
| size | single flower 0.9 L 0.7 cm (0.36" L 0.28") - spur 1 cm (0.4") - inflorescence 5 L 7 cm (2 L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 25 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
