| Tuberolabium kotoense photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Yamamoto, Yoshimatsu |
| published in | Botanical Magazine, Tokio 38 : 209 . 1924 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Vandeae | |
| Subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| Genus | Tuberolabium Yamamoto 1924 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 30 | |
| 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 | in forests, on tree trunks, in Taiwan (Koto Mountains, Lanyu, The Orchid Island), Philippines |
| altitude | 250 - 350 m (660 - 990 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Lanyu (Taiwan) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 825 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Lanyu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 35 m' to 10 h 27 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 12 - 20 cm (4.8 - 8"), axillary |
| flores | 36 - 44 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1 cm ( 0.4 L 0.4") - inflorescence 15 L 3 cm (6 L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
