| Graphorkis lurida photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Kuntze, Carl Ernst Otto |
| published in | Revisio Generum Plantarum 2 : 662 1891 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Eulophiinae | |
| genus | Graphorkis Thouras 1822 | |
| 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 | forests in Burundi, Cameroon (Meme Barombi, Kumba, Mt. Cameroon, Limbe, Muambong Tombel, Ambas Bay), |
| Congo, Guinea, Gabon (Estuaire, Moyen-Ogoove, Nyanga, Invido, Woleu-Ntem), Ghana (Togo, Amedzofe), | ||
| Guinea (Nzèrèkorè, Lola), Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria (Onitsha, Plateau, Zaria), Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, | ||
| Sierra Leone (Fairo, Soro), Zaire | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1250 m (0 - 4125 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from Tchibanga (Nyanga, Gabon) |
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| 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 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Tchibanga this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 38 - 43 cm (15.2" - 17.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 120 - 150 | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 1.5 cm (0.6" L 0.6") - inflorescence 20 L 18 cm (8" L 7.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
