| Renanthera citrina photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Averyanov, Leonid V. |
| published in | Orchids, The Magazine of the Americam Orchid Society 66 (12) : 1287 . 1997 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| 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 | origin | humid forests, on tree trunks or on roks along valley, in Cina (Yunnan), |
| Viet Nam (Cao Bang, near Thang Heng Lake and Ha Giang) | ||
| altitude | 514 - 1000 m (1700 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cao Bang (Cao Bang, Viet Nam) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2500 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cao Bang this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 40 cm (16" ), axillary |
| flores | 12 - 16 | |
| size | single flower inflorescence | |
| duration | inflorescence | |
| inflorescence | inflorescence | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
