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| Cymbidium madidum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | desribed by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 26: Misc. 9. 1840 | |
| 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. |
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| (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, swamps, open forests, in Australia, from Cape York (Queensland) to the Hasting River, |
| near Wauchope (New South Wales) | ||
| altitude | 20 - 1400 m (66 - 4620 ft ) | |
| climate |
informations from Wauchope (New South Wales, Australia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Wauchope this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 14 h 05 m' to 9 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 70 - 80 cm (28- 32") pendulous |
| nr flowers | 30 - 36 | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 2,5 cm (1" L 1" ) - inflorescence 60 L 8 cm (24" L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 75 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
