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| Vanda roeblingiana foto C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Kew Bulletin 365 1894 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 | |
| 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 | forests in Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines (Luzon, Benguet, Bontoc) |
| altitude | 1200 - 2000 m (3960 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Baguio (Benguet, Luzon, Philippines) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1600 m / 5300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Baguio this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 05 m' to 10 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 13 cm (5.2 ") |
| nr flowers | 4 - 6 | |
| size | single flower 4,5 L 4,5 cm (1.8 L 1.8") - inflorescence 12 L 20 cm (4.8 L 8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
