Phalaenopsis lobbii

Phalaenopsis lobbii 

Phalaenopsis lobbii                                                                                                                                                         photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by (Reichenbach f.)  Sweet, Herman Royden
  published in       Genus Phalaenopsis  53    1980
     
  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 evergreen forests, on branches moss covered, in India (Assam, Sikkim, Khasia Hills, Darjeeling, 
    Tarkhola, Kalimpong, Sukuma forest, Kurseong), Bhutan, Burma (Nampakon),
    Viet Nam (Ha Giang, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa), China (Ma Li Po)
  altitude 336 - 457  (1100)  m (1109 - 1508  (3630)  ft)
  habitat climate informations from Thanh Hoa (Thanh Hoa, Viet Nam)
    Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 400 m / 1320 ft) :
    Phalaenopsis lobbii b gr uk
  photoperiod  in Thanh Hoa this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 18 m', to 10 h 42 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    low
     
inflorescence     length 4 - 7 cm (1.6" - 2.8"), axillary
  nr flowers 5 - 9
  size single flower  2 L 2 cm  (0.8" L 0.8"), inflorescence  15 L 5 cm  (6" L 2")
  duration inflorescencedays
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 100 days 
     
CITES appendix  II

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