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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Lindley ex Hooker f.) Stein, Berthold |
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published in |
Orchideenbuch 470 1892 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Cypripedioideae |
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tribe |
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subtribe |
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genus |
Paphiopedilum Pfitzer 1886 |
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section |
Paphiopedilum (Karasawa & Saito) Atwood 1984 |
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chromosomes |
2n = 26 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
India (Manipur, Darjeeling, Kalimpong), Burma, Laos, Viet Nam (Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Son La), |
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China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan, Label) |
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altitude |
100 - 1900 m (330 - 6270 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Tushuba (Guizhou, China) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Tushuba this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 53 m' to 10 h 07 m' |
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life form |
litophyte or geophyte in leaves debris or on limestone rocks covered with moss |
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bloom induction, lowering the temperature in december to 6°-7° (43°-44°) (Lance A. Birk) |
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brightness |
partial shade to low |
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| inflorescence |
length |
16 cm (6.4") |
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nr flowers |
1 |
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size |
single flower 9 L 11 cm (3.6" L 4.4") |
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duration |
single flower ≈ 90 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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