| Rhytionanthos plumatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Ames) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer, Fritz & Siegerist, Emily S. |
| published in | Nordic Journal of Botany 14 : 639 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 | swamp forests in Indonesia (Johor, Sumatra), Papua, The Philippines (Mindanao) |
| altitude |
200 - 1000 m (660 - 3300 ft) |
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| habitat | climate informations from Kota Payakumbuh (West Sumatra, 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 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Kota Payakumbuh this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 01 m' to 11 h 59 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 17 - 20 cm (15.8" - 8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 4 | |
| size | single flower 7 L 1 cm (2.8" L 0.4") - inflorescence 7 L 3 cm (2.8" L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 4 - 5 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
