Angraecopsis gracillima

Angraecopsis gracillima

Angraecopsis gracillima                                                                                                                                                photo C. Solimbergo
(Barombia gracillima) 
   
taxonomy described by      (Rolfe) Summerhayes, Victor Samuel 
  published in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Informations, Kew   1937 : 465   1937
     
   Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae 
  Tribe Vandeae
  Subtribe Aerangidinae
  Genus Angraecopsis   Kraenzlin 1900
     
  chromosomes  2n = 50 
  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
evergreen forests, on shrubs or small trees covered with mosses, in Gabon (Nyamlagira, Kanamaharagi Lava),
   
Uganda (Mabira forest, Ankole, Lake Lutoto, Kalinzu forest), Kenya (Kakamega forest, Kaimosi),
Zambia (Solwezi)                                
  altitude 1500 - 1850 m (5000 - 6200 ft)            
  ambiente climate informations from Kalinzu Forest Reserve (Mbarara, Western Region, Uganda)
    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 1650 m / 5445 ft) :
    Angraecopsis gracillima a gr uk
  photoperiod  in Kalinzu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m'
  life form epiphyte - roots must always be moist
  brightness      low
     
inflorescence    length 18 - 21 cm  (7.2" - 8.4"), axillary
  nr flowers 8 - 12
  size single flower  1.2 L 0.8 cm  (0.48" L 0.32")
  duration inflorescence25 - 30 days
  time  to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days
     
notes   roots should always be moist
     
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