Vanda roeblingiana

Vanda roeblingiana
Vanda roeblingiana                                                                                                                                                             foto  C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Rolfe, Robert Allen
  published in          Kew Bulletin  365    1894
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Aeridinae
  genus Vanda (R Brown)  Jones 1820
     
  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 forests in Malaysia, Singapore, The Philippines (Luzon, Benguet, Bontoc) 
  altitude 1200 - 2000 m (3960 - 6600 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Baguio (Benguet, Luzon, Philippines)
    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 1600 m / 5300 ft) :
    Vanda roeblingeana b gr uk
  photoperiod in Baguio this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 05 m' to 10 h 55 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence    length 13 cm (5.2 ") 
  nr flowers 4 - 6 
  size single flower 4,5 L 4,5 cm (1.8 L 1.8") - inflorescence 12 L 20 cm (4.8 L 8") 
  duration inflorescence ≈ 30 days 
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days
     
CITES appendix II

  

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