Cymbidium erythrostylum photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 2 : 427 1905 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Cymbidiinae | |
genus | Cymbidium Swartz 1799 | |
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 | Viet Nam (Annam) |
altitudine | ≈ 1500 m (4950 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Da Lat (Lam Dong, Viet Nam) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Da Lat this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 46 m' to 11 h 14 m' | |
life form | epifphyte, litophyte or geophyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12"), basal |
nr flowers | 3 - 6 | |
size | single flower 9.5 L 6 cm (9.6" L 2.4") - inflorescence 16 L 14 cm (6.4" L 5.6") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 days | |
time | from birth to bloom about 50 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |