Ceratochilus biglandulosus

 Ceratochilus biglandulosus

Ceratochilus biglandulosus                                                                                                                                           photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by   von Blume, Carl Ludwig
  published in      Bijdragen tot de Flora van Nederlandsch Indie  358 . t . 359    1825
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Aeridinae
  genus Ceratochilus  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 origins
forests on trees covered with moss and lichen, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java)
  altitude 1000 - 2000 m  (3300 - 6600 ft)            
  habitat climate informations from Lembang (Java, 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 1300 m / 4300 ft) :
    Ceratochilus biglandulosum a gr uk
  photoperiod in Lembang this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 26 m' to 11 h 34 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   partial shade
     
inflorescence    length 1 cm (0.4"), axillary
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower  2,5 L 2 cm  (0.8" L 0.8")
  duration a flower, ≈ 80 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ days
     
notes   do not add sphagnum in the compost
     
CITES appendix II

  

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