Pterostylis nutans

Pterostylis nutans 

Pterostylis nutans                                                                                                                                                           photo  C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Brown, Robert
  published in       Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae  326    1810
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cranichideae
  subtribe Pterostylidinae
  genus Pterostylis  R Brown  1810
     
  metabolism C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day.
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013)
    soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots.
     
native of origins Australia (Coles Bay, Heathcode Reserve, Port Sorell, Victoria, Stroud Wards River, Woodford, Tasmania,
    New South Wales, Jibbon National Park)
  altitude 0 - 1000 m  (0 - 3300 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Wollongong (Jibbon National Park, Illawarra, New South Wales, Australia)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) :
    Pterostylis nutans b gr uk
  photoperiod in the Jibbon Park this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 14 h 18 m' to 9 h 42 m'
  life form geophyte
  brightness    low
     
inflorescence     length 34 - 42 cm  (13.6" - 16.8"), apical  
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower   2 L 2.5 cm  (0.8" L 1")
  duration single flower, ≈ 40 days   
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days
     
CITES appendix  II

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