Cryptostylis arachnites

 Cryptostylis arachnites

Cryptostylis arachnites                                                                                                                                                    photo C. Solimbergo
 
taxonomy   described by   (von Blume) von Blume, Carl Ludwig  
  published in Collection des Orchidèes  133 . 1858
     
  Family  Orchdaceae
  Subfamily  Orchidoideae
  Tribe Diurideae
  Subtribe Cryptostylidinae
  Genus Cryptostylis  R. Brown 1810
     
  chromosomes   2n = 42 
  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)
    it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots.
     
native of  origin evergreen forests, bamboo forests in India, Sri-Lanka, Burma, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, 
    Viet Nam (Ha Giang, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, Ninh THuan), China (Guangdong, Guangxi), Indonesia,
    Malesia, Papua, Taiwan, Philippines
  altitude 200 - 1700 (660 - 5600 ft) 
  habitat  climate informations from Chen-pien (Guangxi, China)
    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) :
    Cryptostylis arachnites a gr uk 
  photoperiod in Chen-pien this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m'
  life form  geophyte
  brightness partial shade
     
inflorescence   lenght 20 - 30 cm (8 - 12"), basal
  size  single flower  1 L 1 cm (0.4 L 0.4") - inflorescence 16 L 2 cm (6.4 L 0.8")
  duration single flower ≈30 days - inflorescence ≈90 days
  time to bloom from birth ≈  days
     
CITES appendix II
     

 

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