Renanthera matutina

Renanthera matutina 

Renanthera matutina                                                                                                                                                       photo C. Solimbergo 
   
taxonomy described by Lindley, John
  published in       The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants  218    1833
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Vandeae
  subtribe Aeridinae
  genus Renanthera  Loureiro 1790
     
  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 rainforests in Thailand, Malaysia (Borneo, Sabah, Nabawan, Taman, Bukit, Tawau, Tenom),
    Indonesia (Sumatra, Java), The Philippines
  altitude 300 - 600 m  (990 - 1980 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Boyolali (Central Java, Indonesia)
    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 450 m / 1500 ft) :
    Renanthera matutina b gr uk
  photoperiod in Boyolali this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 29 m' to 11 h 31 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 40 - 60 cm  (16" - 24"), axillary
  nr flowers 22 - 30
  size single flower  6.5 L 5.5 cm  (2.6" L 2.2") - inflorescence  L  cm
  duration inflorescence ≈ 70 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days
     
CITES appendix II

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