Paphiopedilum callosum, var.subleave photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | desribed by | (Reichenbach f.) Pfitzer, Ernst Hugo Heinrich |
published in | Botanische Jahrbüchen für Systematic Pflanzengeschichte und Pfanzengeographie 19 : 40 1895 | |
var. sublaeve | desribed by | (Reichenbach f.) Cribb, Phillip James |
published in | Genus Paphiopedilum 188 1987 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Cypripedioideae | |
tribe | -- | |
subtribe | -- | |
genus | Paphiopedilum Pfitzer 1886 | |
subgenus | Paphiopedilum Atwood 1984 | |
section | Barbata Kranzlin 1897 | |
chromosones | 2n = 32 | |
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 | South of Thailand and North of Malaysia (Penang, from Gunong Beor to Gunong Ophir, Gunong Jerai, Kedak Peak) |
altitude | ≈ 1000 m (3300 ft ) | |
habitat | climate informations from Penang Hill (Penang, Malaysia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft): | ||
life form | geophyte in debris of leaves, on siliceous soils | |
photoperiod | in Penang Hill this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 21 m' to 11 h 39 m' | |
brightness | low | |
inflorescence | length | 12 cm (4.8" ) |
nr flowers | 1 | |
size | single flower 6 L 7 cm (2.4" L 2.8") | |
duration | single flower ~ 40 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ~ days | |
CITES | appendix | I |