| Sarcoglyphis comberi photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (JJ Wood) Wood, Jeffrey James |
| published in | Orchid Review 95 ( 1123 ) ) : 167 1987 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Sarcoglyphys Garay 1972 | |
| 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 | primary forests in West Indonesia (Java, Gunung Halimun, Sukabremi, Bogor, Jawa) |
| rare plant in the wild | ||
| altitude | ≈ 900 m (2970 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bogor (West Java,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 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bogor this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 25 m' to 11 h 35 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 - 40 cm (12" - 16"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 120 - 180 | |
| size | single flower 1.3 L 1.3 cm (0.52" L 0.52") - inflorescence 18 L 4 cm (7.2" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 - 50 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 180 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
