Habenaria carnea

Habenaria carnea

Habenaria carnea                                                                                                                                                             photo C. Solimbergo
(Habenaria claviformis)
 
taxonomy   described by  Brown, Nicholas Edward  
  published in The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette  2 : 729 , f . 105 . 1891
     
  Family Orchdaceae
  Subfamily Orchidoideae
  Tribe Orchideae
  Subtribe Orchidinae
  Genus Habenaria  Willdenow 1805
     
  metabolism  C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day.
    (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  origin evergreen forest, on limestone hills, in Thailand, Malaysia
  altitude 100 - 200 m (330 - 660 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Songkhla (Songkhla, Thailand)
    Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 150 m / 495 ft ) :
    Habenaria carnea a gr uk
  photoperiod in Songkhla this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m'
  life form geophyte, rarely epiphyte
  brightness sunny
     
inflorescence   lenght  20 - 25 cm (8" - 10")
  flores 7 - 9
  size single flower 4 L 3 cm (1.6 L 1.2") - spur 5 cm (2") inflor. 16 L 11 cm (6.4" L 4,4")
  duration inflorescence ≈ 30 days
  time to bloom from birth ≈  70 days
     
CITES appendix II

 

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