Thecostele alata

Thecostele alata

Thecostele alata                                                                                                                                                              photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Parish, Samuel Bonsall  &  Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in       Transaction of the Linnean Society of London  30 : 144    1874
     
  family Orchidaceae 
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Cymbidiinae
  genus Thecostele  Reichenbach f. 1857
     
native of origins deciduous or semi-deciduous forests  in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Viet Nam (Ninh Thuan, Quang Binh,
    Thua Thien-Hue), Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Hata Fall Hills, Melalap, Tenom, Sarawak, Belaga, Kedah, Pahang,
    Kuching, Krambit, Nanga Kui, Kapit, Kinabalu, Batang Baleh, Hutan Simpan Binsulok, Membakut, Tinutudan)
  altitude 20 - 800 m (66 - 2640 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Solok (South Sumatra, Indonesia)
    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 400 m / 1320 ft) :
    Thecostele alata b gr uk
  photoperiod in Solok this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 02 m' to 11 h 58 m'
  life frm epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence    length 12 - 14 cm (4.8" - 5.6"), basal
  nr flowers 6 - 8
  size single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") - inflorescence 11 L 6 cm (4.4" L 2.4")
  duration inflorescence50 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days  
     
CITES appendix II

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