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| taxonomy |
described by |
Lindley, John |
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published in |
Hooker' s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 2 : 237 1843 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Vandeae |
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subtribe |
Aeridinae |
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genus |
Vanda (R Brown) Jones 1820 |
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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 |
on tall trees in Australia (Queensland, Cape York, Massey Creek Peninsula), Papua (Garaina, Morobe, |
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Kaiser Wilhelmsland, Tukote, Wau, Enga, Kenejia River forest, Baiyer River, Pomio, Aitape, Madang, |
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Dischore Range, New Georgia Island, Kenejia River), Solomon, (Bouganville, Gaudalcanal, Siwai) |
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altitude |
150 - 1128 m (495 - 3722 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Builyan (Queensland, Australia) |
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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 640 m / 2110 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Builyan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 37 m' to 10 h 23 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brigthness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
length |
15 cm (6"), axillary |
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nr flowers |
4 - 6, fragrants |
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size |
single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6 L 1.6"), inflorescence L cm |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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