Flickingeria parishii

Flickingeria fimbriata alba 

Flickingeria parishii                                                                                                                                                        photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Seidenfaden, Gunnar
  published in  Dansk Botanisk Arkiv  34 ( 1 ) : 29    1980
     
  family  Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe  Malaxideae 
  subtribe Dendrobiinae
  genus Flickingeria  Hawkes 1961
     
  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

semi-deciduous or evergreen forests in Burma and Thailand

  altitude  100 - 1800 m (330 - 5940 ft)
  habitat

climate informations from Maymyo (Mandalay, Burma)

    Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) :
    Flickingeria parishii a gr uk
  photoperiod   in Maymyo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brigthness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 1,5 cm (0.6"), apical  
  nr flowers 1 - 4
  size single flower  3.5 L 2  cm  (1.6" L 0.8")
  duration single flower, 8 - 10 hours     
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 8 - 10 days    
     
CITES appendix II

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