Rodriguezia satipoana

Rodriguezia satipoana

Rodriguezia satipoana                                                                                                                                                    photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Dodson, Calaway Homer  &  Bennett, David E. jr.
  published in        Icones Plantarum , ser . 2 2 : t . 165    1989 
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Oncidiinae
  genus Rodriguezia  Ruiz & Pavon  1794
     
  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 humid forests in Peru (Junin, Satipo, Tarma, Tambopata)
  altitude 137 - 900 m (452 - 2970 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Tambopata (Madre de Dios, Peru)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) :
    Rodriguezia satipoana b gr uk
  photoperiod in Tambopata this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 50 m' to 11 h 10 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    low
     
inflorescence     length 18 - 22 cm  (7.2" - 8.8"), basal  
  nr flowers 7 - 9
  size single flower  3 L 2 cm  (1.2" L 0.8") - depth 5 cm (2") - spur 3 cm ( 1.2") - 
inflorescence  12 L 7 cm  (4.8" L 2.8")
  duration inflorescence15 - 20 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days
     
CITES appendix II

  

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