Panisea uniflora | photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Lindley, John |
published in | Folia Orchidacea . Panisea 2 1854 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Arethuseae | |
subtribe | Coelogyninae | |
genus | Panisea Lindley 1854 | |
chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(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 | humid evergreen forests, overhanging streams in India (Darjeeling, Khalijhora, Pankhabari, Kurseong), Bhutan, |
Nepal (S. Hatora to Kathmanlo), Thailand (Doi Sootep, Chiengmai, Kaw Chang, Lem Dan Kao), Cambodia, | ||
Laos (Nam Yauk, Wiengchan), China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou) | ||
altitude | 300 - 1100 m (990 - 3630 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Ruili (Yunnan, China) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft): | ||
photoperiod | in Ruili this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 36 m' to 10 h 24 m' | |
life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
brightness | partial shade to low | |
inflorescence | length | cm, basal |
nr flowers | 1 -2 | |
size | single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 15 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 days | |
CITEX | appendix | II |