Cymbidium canaliculatum

Cymbidium canaliculatum

Cymbidium canaliculatum                                                                                                                                              photo C. Solimbergo

 

taxonomy     desribed by     Brown, Robert
  published in     Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 331    1810
     
  family Orchidaceae                                  
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Cymbidiinae
  genus Cymbidium  Swartz 1799
     
  chromosones     2n = 40  
  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 eucalypts open forests in Australia  (New South Wales, Kimberly, Northern Territory,
    Melville Island, Queensland, East cost, Geraldton, Johnstown)
  altitude 5 - 900 m (16 - 2970 ft)
  habitat              climate informations from Mudgee (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 450 m / 1485 ft) :
    Cymbidium canaliculatum a gr uk
  photoperiod in Mudgee this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 14 h 09 m' to 9 h 51 m'
  life form epiphyte  or  geophyte
  brightness         sunny to full sun
     
inflorescence     length 40 cm, pendulous
  nr flowers 24 - 26, fragrants
  size single flower 4 L 3,5 cm  (1.6" L 1.4") – infiorescenza 28 L 9 cm (11.2" L 3.6")
  duration  
  time to bloom from birth, ~ 100 days
     
CITES appendix II

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