Stenia pallida

Stenia pallida

Stenia pallida                                                                                                                                                                   photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Lindley, John
  pubblished in       Edwars's Botanical Register  23 : sub t . 1991    1837
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Zygopetalinae
  genus Stenia  Lindley 1837
     
  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)
    soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots.
     
native of origins rain forests in Caribbean (Trinidad & Tobago), Venezuela (Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Miranda, Sucre), 
    Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador (Imbabura, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza), Peru (Huànuco, Junin, San Martin),
    Bolivia (Cochabamba, Chapare, La Paz, Yungas), Brazil (Bahia, Abaìra)
  altitude 190 - 1700 m (627 - 5610 ft)
  habitat climate informations from El Pujo (Pastaza, Ecuador) 
    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 1000 m / 3300 ft) :
    Stenia pallida b gr uk
  photoperiod in El Pujo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 55 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    low
     
inflorescence     length 5 - 7 cm  (2" - 2.8"), basal  
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower  6 L 9 cm  (2.4" L 3.6")
  duration single flower, ≈ 30 - 40 days      
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 35 days 
     
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