Brachtia andina

 Brachtia andina

Brachtia andina                                                                                                                                                     photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy       described by Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav  
  published in          Bonplandia  4 : 322    1856
                                                                                                                                                      
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily   Epidendroideae
  Tribe Cymbidieae
  Subtribe Oncidiinae
  Genus Brachtia   Reichenbach f. 1850
     
  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 cloud forests in Colombia (Antioquia, Sonsòn), Ecuador (Carchi, Imbabura, Cotocachi, Napo, Pichincha,
    Quito, Sucumbios),  Peru
  altitude 1200 - 3000 m   (3960 - 9900 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Medellin (Antioquia, Colombia)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2100 m / 6930 ft) :
    Brachtia andina a gr uk
  photoperiod in Medellin this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 24 m' to 11 h 36 m'
  life form epiphytic
  brightness   partial shade
     
inflorescence   length 12 - 15 cm (4.8" - 6"), basal
  nr flowers 7 - 9
  size single flower  0.6 L 0.6 cm  (0.24" L 0.24") - depth  0.8 cm  (0.32")
  duration inflorescence70 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days
     
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