Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi 

Phalaenopsis cornu-cervi                                                                                                                                               photo C. Solimbergo
     
taxonomy described by (Hasselt ex Hasskarl)  von Blume, Carl Ludwig  &  Reichenbach, Heindrich Gustav
  published in        Hamburger Garten-und Blumenzeitung  16 : 116    1860
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Aeridinae
  genus Phalaenopsis  Blume 1825
     
  chromosomes  2n = 38  
  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, swampy areas, in India (Nicobar Islands), Burma (Irrawaddy River Mouth), Laos, Thailand (Saiyok, 
    Kamburi),  Malaysia (Borneo, Penang), Indonesia (Java, Sumatra), The Philippines
  altitude 0 - 800  (1400) m  (0 - 2640  (4620)  ft)
  habitat climate informations from Pathein (Irrawaddy River Mouth, Ayeyarwady, Burma)
    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 400 m / 1320 ft) :
    Phalaenopsis cornu cervi b gr uk
  photoperiod  in Pathein this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m'
  life form epiphyte  
  brightness    partial shade to low - sunny between december and january
     
inflorescence     length ≈ 30 cm (12"), axillary 
  nr flowers 18 - 30 - the inflorescence lasts for years and over time it grows and branches  
  size single flower  4 L 3 cm  (1.6" L 1.2")
  duration single flower, ≈ days      
     
CITES appendix  II

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