| Pomatocalpa spicatum photo C. Solimbergo |
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| taxonomy | described by | van Breda, Jacob Gijsbert Samuel |
| published in | Genera et Species Orchidearum et Asclepiadearum 3 : pl . 15 1827 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Pomatocalpa Breda, Kuhl & Hasselt 1829 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| 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 |
primary evergreen forests, in India (Assam, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Sri Lanka, Bhutan, |
| Laos, Thailand (Klong Baqatae, Khao Yai, Nam Pong, Nakhawn Nayok), Viet Nam (Lai Chau, Quang Binh), | ||
| China (Hainan), Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Tenom Valley, Paling Hills, Pahang, Tembeling, Malaya Peninsula, | ||
| Taiping, Perak, Keningau), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda, Sulawesii), The Philippines (Palawan) | ||
| altitude | 200 - 1900 m (660 - 6270 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Baturaden (Central Java, Indonesia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Batureden this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 29 m' to 11 h 31 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 7 cm (2.8"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 48 - 52 | |
| size | single flower 0,8 L 0.7 cm (0.32" L 0.28") - inflorescence 4 L 2 cm (1.6" L 0.8") | |
| duration | infloerescence ≈ 80 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
