Chaubardia heteroclita

Chaubardia heteroclita

Chaubardia  heteroclita                                                                                                                                                   photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by (Poepping & Endlicher) Dodson, Calaway Homer  &  Bennett, David jr.
  published in      Icones Plantarum Tropicarum  ser. 2  1 : pl. 23    1989
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe  Cymbidieae
  subtribe Zygopetalinae
  genus  Chaubardia  Reichenbach f. 1852
     
  metabolism C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day.
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013)
    soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots.
     
native of origins
humid forests in Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe, Morona-Santiago), Peru (Junin, San Martin) ,
   
Bolivia (Cochabamba, Ayopaya, La Paz), Brazil
  altitude 980 - 2100 m (3234 - 6930 ft)         
  habitat climate informations from Cochabamba (Cochabamba, Bolivia)
    Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) :
    Chaubardia heteroclita a gr uk
  photoperiod in Cochabamba this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 09 m' to 10 h 51 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence    length 8 cm (3.2"), basale
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower  5 L 3 cm (2" L 1.2")
  duration single flower 18 - 20 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 25 days   
     
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