Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Rhyncholaelia digbyana

Rhyncholaelia digbyana                                                                                                                                                 photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by (Lindley) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf
  published in       Beihefte zum Botanischen Centralblatt . Zweite Abteilung Systematik,
    Pflanzengeographie, angewandte Botanik  32 ( 2 ) : 477    1918 
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Epidendreae 
  subtribe Laeliinae
  genus Rhyncholaelia  Schlechter  1918
     
  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 Mexico (Yucatan, Campeche, Quintana Roo), Belize (Cayo, Corozal), Guatemala (Petèn), Honduras
  altitude  2 - 1000 m  (6.6 - 3300 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Belmopan (Cayo, Belize)
    Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) :
    Rhyncholaelia digbiana b gr uk
  photoperiod in Belmopan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 15 - 17 cm  (6" - 6.8"), apical  
  nr flowers 1, fragrant
  size single flower  12 L 12 cm  (4.8" L 4.8")
  duration single flower, ≈ 25 - 30 days    
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days 
     
CITES appendix II

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