| Renanthera monachica photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Ames, Oakes |
| published in | Orchidaceae 5 : 224 1915 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Renanthera Loureiro 1790 | |
| 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 | The Philippines (Rizal, Zambales, Nueva Viscaya) |
| altitude | 100 - 500 m (330 - 1650 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Olompago (Zambales, Central Luzon, Philippines) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Olompago this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 58 m' to 11 h 02 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 - 24 cm (8" - 9.6"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 6 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 3.5 cm (1.6" L 1.4") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 - 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
