Cymbidium finlaysonianum photo Z |
taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Wallich, Nathaniel |
published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 164 1833 | |
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 | secondary forests on trees or rocky limestone near the coast, in Viet Nam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia (Sarawak, Marudi, Kuching, Gunung Trus Madi, Malaya), Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi), The Philippines (Palawan) |
altitude | 0 - 1100 m (0 - 3630 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Kuningan (Java, Indonesia) | |
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 550 m / 1800 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Kuningan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 26 m' to 11 h 34 m' | |
life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 60 - 80 cm (24" - 32"), basal pendulous |
nr flowers | 14 - 16, fragrants | |
size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") - inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |