Angraecum equitans

 not yet bloomed 

Angraecum equitans   
   
taxonomy       described by Schlechter, Friederich Richard Rudolf 
  published in      Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt  34 : (2) : 339    1916
     
  Family  Orchidaceae 
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe Vandeae
  Subtribe Aerangidinae
  Genus Argraecum  Bory 1804
     
  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 origin forests, on branches covered with moss and lichens, in Madagascar (Antsiranana, Fianarantsoa,
    Toamasina, Alaotra-Mangoro, Amoron'i, Antananarivo, Anjozorobe) 
  altitude  946 - 1150 m (3260 - 3122 ft)                   
  habitat  climate informations from Ambositre (Amoron'i, Madagascar)
    Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) :
    Angraecum equitans a gr uk
  photoperiod in Ambositre this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   low
     
inflorescence   lenght  
  nr flowers  
  size  
  duration  
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ days
     
CITES appendix II

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