Brassia caudata

Brassia caudata 

Brassia caudata                                                                                                                                                                photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by (Linnaeus) Lindley, John 
  published in       Botanical Register  10 : t . 832     1st october 1824
     
  Family Orchidaceae
  Subfamily  Epidendroideae
  Tribe Cymbidieae
  Subtribe Oncidiinae
  Genus Brassia  R.Brown 1813
     
  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 tropical moist forests of Caribbean (Jamaica, Cuba, Dominica, La Vega), Guyana, Suriname, 
    Mexico (Champeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Ocosingo),  Belize (Cayo, Toledo),
    Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Petèn), Honduras (Colòn, Comayagua, Taulabè), El Salvador, Nicaragua (Atlàntico,
    Nueva Segovia), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Limòn, Puntarenas, Osa), Panama (Canal Area, Chiriquì, Dartèn,
    Panamà, Veraguas, Colòn, Donoso, Los Santos, Tonosi), Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Napo, Orellana),
    Peru (Loreto, San Martin, Manu, Tambopata), Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Ichilo), Brazil (Amazonas, Acre)
  altitude  0 - 850 m ( 0 -  2800 ft)      
  habitat climate informations from Puerto Limon (Limòn, Costa Rica)
    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 450 m / 1485 ft) :
    Brassia caudata a gr uk
  photoperiod in Puerto Limon this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   partial shade
     
inflorescence    length 20 - 37 cm  (8" - 14.8"), basal
  nr flowers 8 - 11, fragrant
  size single flower  15 L 3 cm  (6" L 1.2") - inflorescence  23 L 14 cm  (9.2" L 5.6")
  duration inflorescence20 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 45 days
     
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