| Tainia hookeriana photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Ania hookeriana) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | King, George & Pantling, Robert |
| published in | Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal . Part 2 . Natural History 64 : 336 1895 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Collabieae | |
| subtribe | ||
| genus | Tainia Blume 1825 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
| 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 | semi-deciduous forests in India (Sikkim, Teesla Valley, Bengal), Nepal, Burma, Thailand (Dak Lak, Hoa Binh, |
| Kon Tum, Lao Chai, Thanh Hoa), Malaysia (Gunung Geriang, Pinang, Kedah, Taiping Hills) | ||
| altitude | 300 - 1113 m (990 - 3673 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Udaipur (Bengala,India) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Bsh, steppe hot-dry climate | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Udaipur this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 37 m' to 10 h 23 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 90 - 140 cm (36" - 56"), basal |
| nr flowers | 18 - 26, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 3.5 cm (1" L 1.4") - inflorescence 70 L 10 cm (28" L 4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
