Geodorum terrestre photo C. Solimbergo |
(Geodorum citrinum) | ||
taxonomy | described by | (Linnaeus) Garay, Leslie Andrew |
publisced in | Harvard Papers in Botany 11 : 47, f . 1 1997 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Eulophiinae | |
genus | Geodorum G. Jackson 1811 | |
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) | ||
it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
native of | origins | rainforests of Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand (Doi Chiengdao, Hayes, Krabin Buri, Me Ta, Pre, Songkla, |
Lampung, Ban Prakawp, Mênam Sak, Saraburi, Banang Sta, Pattani, Ban Kawp Kep, Surat, Betong, | ||
Mê Tûn, Hui Yang,Prachuap, Siep Tûn, Chumpawn, Ban Beung), Malaysia (Grik Perak), | ||
Indonesia (Java, Moluccas, Sulawesi), Australia, Pacific Islands | ||
altitude | 10 - 700 m (33 - 2310 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Mertoyudan (Central Java, Indonesia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 350 m / 1155 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Mertoyudan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 29 m' to 11 h 31 m' | |
life form | geophyte | |
brightness | low | |
inflorescence | length | 28 - 32 cm (11.2" - 12.8"), basal |
nr flowers | 12 - 16, fragrants | |
size | single flower 4 L 5 cm ( 1.6" L 2") - inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 - 70 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |