Ixyophora viridisepala

Ixyophora viridisepala

Ixyophora viridisepala                                                                                                                                                      photo C. Solimbergo
(Chondrorhyncha viridisepala)                                        
 
taxonomy   described by   (Senghas) Dressler, Robert Louis  
  published in  Lankesteriana : La Revista Cientifica 5 ( 2 ) : 95 . August 31 2005
     
  Family Orchdaceae
  Subfamily Epidendroideae
  Tribe  Cymbidieae
  Subtribe Zygopetalinae
  Genus Ixyophora  Dressler 2005
     
  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)
    it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots.
     
native of  origin wet montane forests in Colombia (Cauca), Ecuador (Cuenca, Azuay, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Zamora-Chinchipe, 
    Cañar), Peru
  altitude 900 - 1800 m (3000 - 5900 ft)
  habitat  climate informations from Morona (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador)
    Köppen climate classificationAf, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1350 m / 4455 ft) :
    Ixyophora viridifolia a gr uk
  photoperiod in Morona this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m'
  life form  epiphyte 
  brightness  low
     
inflorescence   lenght 7 cm (2.8"), basal
  nr flores  1
  size  single flower 3,5 L 4 cm (1.4 L 1.6")
  duration single flower ≈ 60 days
  time to bloom from birth ≈ 30 days
     
CITES appendix II

 

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