Adenoncos sumatrana

Adenoncos sumatrana                                                                                       

Adenoncos sumatrana                                                                                                                                                    photo C.Solimbergo
   
taxonomy  described by  Smith, Joannes Jacobus 
published in     Bulletin du Department de Agriculture aux Indes Neerlandaises 22 : 44      1909
     
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily    Epidendroideae
  Tribe Vandeae
  Subtribe Aeridinae
  Genus Adenoncos  Blume 1825
     
  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 secondary forests, peat swamp in Malaysia (Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya)
  altitude 0 - 1350 m (0 - 4455 ft)   
  habitat climate informations from Pageralam (South Sumatra, Indonesia)
   

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 700 m / 2310 ft) :
    Adenoncos sumatrana b gr uk
  photoperiod in Pageralam this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 04 m' to 11 h 56 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 0.5 cm (0.2"), axillary
  nr flowers   1 - 2, fragrant
  size single flower  0.5 L 0.5 cm  (0.2" L 0.2")
  duration single flower 60 - 80 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days 
     
CITES appendix II

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