Cymbidium insigne, forma album | photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 3 35 ( 1 ) : 387 1904 | |
forma album | described by | Gruss, Olaf & Wolff, Manfred |
published in | Orchid Atlas 97 2007 | |
taxonomy | 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 | primary cloud forests, in Viet Nam (Annan, Kon Tum), Thailand (Loei, Phy Huang), China (Hainan) |
altitude | 1000 - 2600 m (3300 - 8580 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Kon Thun (Kon Thun, Viet Nam) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1800 m / 5940 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Kon Thun this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 57 m' to 11 h 03 m' | |
life form | geophyte in sandy or stony soil | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 110 - 120 cm (44" - 48"), basal |
nr flowers | 12 - 14 | |
size | single flower 6 L 7 (2.4" L 2.8") - inflorescence 22 L 12 cm (8.8" L 4.8") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |