Pleurothallis niveoglobula

Pleurothallis niveoglobula 

Pleurothallis niveoglobula                                                                                                                                               photo C. Solimbergo
 
taxonomy   described by   Luer, Carlyle August  
  published in  Selbiana  1 (3) : 258 , f . 64 . 1975 
     
  Family  Orchdaceae 
  Subfamily  Epidendroideae 
  Tribe  Epidendreae 
  Subtribe  Pleurothallidinae
  Genus  Pleurothallis  R. Brown 1813 
     
  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 cloud forests in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe)
  habitat  climate informations from Macas (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall with very hot summers)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1050 m / 3400 ft) :
    Pleurothallis niveoglobula a gr uk
  photoperiod in Macas 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 partial shade
     
inflorescence   lenght 1 cm (0.4"), from the base of the leaf
  size single flower 0,2 L 0,1 cm (0.08 L 0.04") 
  duration single flower ≈
  time to bloom from birth ≈  days
     
CITES appendix II

 

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