Aeranthes ramosa

 Aeranthes ramosa

Aeranthes ramosa                                                                                                                                                             photo C. Solimbergo
 
taxonomy   described by   Rolfe, Robert Allen  
  published in Orchid Review  9 (107) : 352 . 1901
     
  Family Orchdaceae
  Subfamily Epidendroideae
  Tribe  Vandeae
  Subtribe Angraecinae
  Genus Aeranthes  Lindley 1824
     
  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 humid or dry forests in Madagascar (Antananarivo, Analamanga, Antsiranana, Mahajanga,
    Toamasina, Alaotra-Mangoro, Ambatovy National Park)
  altitude 722 - 1500 m (2382 - 4950 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Anjzorobe (Analamanga, Madagascar)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m (3630 ft) :
    Aeranthes ramosa a gr uk
  photoperiod in Anjzorobe this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m' to 10 h 47 m'
  life form  epiphyte
  brightness  partial shade
     
inflorescence    lenght 25 cm, basal
  flowers  3
  size single flower 5 L 5 cm (2 L 2")
  duration  inflorescence ≈
  time to bloom from birth ≈  days
     
CITES appendix II

 

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