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| taxonomy |
described by |
Parish, Samuel Bonsall & Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
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published in |
Transaction of the Linnean Society of London 30 : 144 1874 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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subtribe |
Cymbidiinae |
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genus |
Thecostele Reichenbach f. 1857 |
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| native of |
origins |
deciduous or semi-deciduous forests in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam (Ninh Thuan, Quang Binh, |
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Thua Thien-Hue), Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Hata Fall Hills, Melalap, Tenom, Sarawak, Belaga, Kedah, Pahang, |
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Kuching, Krambit, Nanga Kui, Kapit, Kinabalu, Batang Baleh, Hutan Simpan Binsulok, Membakut, Tinutudan) |
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altitude |
20 - 800 m (66 - 2640 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Solok (South Sumatra, Indonesia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 400 m / 1320 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Solok this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 02 m' to 11 h 58 m' |
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life frm |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
12 - 14 cm (4.8" - 5.6"), basal |
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nr flowers |
6 - 8 |
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size |
single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") - inflorescence 11 L 6 cm (4.4" L 2.4") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 50 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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