| Renanthera imschootiana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Bulletin on Miscellaneous Information , Kew 1891 ( 55 ) : 200 1891 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae Lindley 1821 | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Renanthera Loureiro 1790 | |
| 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 | evergreen forests in India (Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh), Burma, Viet Nam (Dak Lak, |
| Hue, Dalat, Langbian), China (Yunnan) | ||
| altitude | 500 - 1500 m (1650 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Imphal (Manipur, India) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwa, humid subtropical climate, with very hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Imphal this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 38 m' to 10 h 22 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 60 cm (24"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 11 - 13, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 5 L 4 cm (2" L 1.6") - inflorescence 20 L 9 cm (8" L 3.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence 50 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | I |
