| Microsaccus griffithii | photo Z | |
| taxonomy | described by | Seidenfaden, Gunnar |
| published in | Opera Botanica 95 : 25 1988 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Aeridinae | |
| genus | Microsaccus Blume 1825 | |
| 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 | forests in Burma, Thailand, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Malaysia (Borneo, Gunung Alab, Sabah, Mt. Kinabalu), |
| Indonesia (Java), The Philippines | ||
| altitude | (0) 500 - 2770 m (0) 1650 - 9141 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Lembang (West Java, Indonesia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Lembang this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 26 m' to 11 h 34 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 0,5 cm (0.2"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2 | |
| size | single flower 0.2 L 0.2 cm (0.08" L 0.08") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 8 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
