| Rhytionanthos aemulum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (WW Smith) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer, Fritz & Siegerist, Emily S. |
| published in | Nordic Jounal of Botany 14 : 637 1994 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobiinae | |
| genus | Rhytionanthos Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 | |
| 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 | India, Burma, Thailand, Laos, China (Yunnan) |
| altitude | 1800 - 2000 m (5940 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Kunming (Yunnan, China) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1900 m / 6300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kunming this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 cm (4.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 8 - 10 | |
| size | single flower 3 L 0.5 cm (1.2" L 0.2") - inflorescence 3 L 6 cm (1.2" L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 12 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
