| Stereochilus dalatensis photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Guillaumin) Garay, Leslie Andrew |
| ublished in | Botanical Museum Leaflets 23 ( 4 ) : 205 1972 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Stereochilus Lindley 1858 | |
| 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 | Thailand (Chiang Mai), Viet Nam, China (Yunnan) |
| altitude | ≈ 305 m (1006 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai, Thailand) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Chiang Mai this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 11 cm (3.2" - 4.4"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 8 - 10 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 1.5 cm (0.8" L 0.6") - inflorescence 10 L 4 cm (4" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
