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| taxonomy |
described by
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Kunth, Karl Sigismund |
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von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander |
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Bonpland, Aimè Jaques Alexandre |
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published in |
Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto editio) 1 : 352 1816 |
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color variety |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Epidendreae |
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subtribe |
Laeliinae |
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genus |
Epidendrum Linnaeus 1763 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins
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USA (California S. Diego), Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango,
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Petèn, Quetzaltenango), Costa Rica (Cartago, Aleyuela), Guyana (Essequibo, Mt. Attarypon), Antigua, Barbuda,
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Venezuela (Amazonas, Zulio, Bolivar, Lara,Tàchira), Colombia (Antioquia, Valle del Cauca,
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Ibaguè (from which it takes its name this specie), Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Bahia)
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altitude |
20 - 3200 m (66 - 10560 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Kamarang (Cuyuni-Marazuni, Guyana)
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1600 m / 5280 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Kamarang this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 22 m' to 11 h 38 m' |
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life form |
geophyte |
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brigthness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
lenght |
20 - 30 cm (8" - 12") |
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nr. flowers |
18 - 26 |
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size |
single flower 2,5 L 2,5 cm (1" L 1") - inflorescence 10 L 8 cm (4" L 3.2") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days |
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