| Rhytionanthos spathulatum | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Rolfe ex Cooper) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Hamer, Fritz & Siegerist , Emily S. |
| published in | Nordic Journal of Botany 14 : 639 1994 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Malaxideae | |
| subtribe | Dendrobinae | |
| genus | Rhytionanthos Garay, Hamer & Siegerist 1994 | |
| 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) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | forests in India (Assam, Sikkim), Burma, Laos, Viet Nam, Thailand (Pu Kio, Chaiyapum) |
| altitude | 1000 - 1600 m (3300 - 5280 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Gangtok (Sikkim, India) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1300 m / 4300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Gangtok this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 49 m' to 10 h 11 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
