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| taxonomy |
desribed by |
(Reichenbach f.) Pfitzer, Ernst Hugo Heinrich |
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published in |
Botanische Jahrbüchen für Systematic Pflanzengeschichte und Pfanzengeographie 19 : 40 1895 |
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| var. sublaeve |
desribed by |
(Reichenbach f.) Cribb, Phillip James |
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published in |
Genus Paphiopedilum 188 1987 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Cypripedioideae |
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tribe |
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subtribe |
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genus |
Paphiopedilum Pfitzer 1886 |
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subgenus |
Paphiopedilum Atwood 1984 |
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section |
Barbata Kranzlin 1897 |
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chromosones |
2n = 32 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
South of Thailand and North of Malaysia (Penang, from Gunong Beor to Gunong Ophir, Gunong Jerai, Kedak Peak) |
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altitude |
≈ 1000 m (3300 ft ) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Penang Hill (Penang, Malaysia)
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft): |
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life form |
geophyte in debris of leaves, on siliceous soils |
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photoperiod |
in Penang Hill this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 21 m' to 11 h 39 m' |
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brightness |
low |
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| inflorescence |
length |
12 cm (4.8" ) |
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nr flowers |
1 |
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size |
single flower 6 L 7 cm (2.4" L 2.8") |
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duration |
single flower ~ 40 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ~ days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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