Tuberolabium kotoense

Tuberolabium kotoense

Tuberolabium kotoense                                                                                                                                                   photo C. Solimbergo
 
taxonomy     described by   Yamamoto, Yoshimatsu  
  published in Botanical Magazine, Tokio 38 : 209 . 1924
     
  Family Orchdaceae
  Subfamily Epidendroideae
  Tribe Vandeae
  Subtribe Aeridinae
  Genus Tuberolabium  Yamamoto 1924 
     
  chromosomes   2n = 30
  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 in forests, on tree trunks, in Taiwan (Koto Mountains, Lanyu, The Orchid Island), Philippines
  altitude 250 - 350 m (660 - 990 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Lanyu (Taiwan)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 825 ft) :
    Tuberolabium kotoense a gr uk
  photoperiod in Lanyu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 35 m' to 10 h 27 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness sunny
     
inflorescence         lenght 12 - 20 cm (4.8 - 8"), axillary
  flores 36 - 44
  size single flower 1 L 1 cm ( 0.4 L 0.4") - inflorescence 15 L 3 cm (6 L 1.2")
  duration  inflorescence ≈ 30 days
  time  to bloom from birth ≈ 60 days
     
CITES appendix II

 

 

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