Trichocentrum tigrinum

Trichocentrum tigrinum

Trichocentrum tigrinum                                                                                                                                                  photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Linden, Jean Jules  &  Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in        The Gardners' Chronicle, new series  862    1869
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Oncidiinae
  genus Trichocentrum  Poepping & Endlicher  1838
     
  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 forests in Ecuador (El Oro, Guayas, Loja, Manabì, Monticristi, Mt. Barbos), Peru (Piura, Ayacaba),
    Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  altitude 200 - 700 m (660 - 2310 ft) 
  habitat climate informations from Bairro Paraiso (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 450 m / 1500 ft) :
    Trichocentrum tigrinum b gr uk
  photoperiod in Bairro Paraiso this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 29 m' to 10 h 31 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade to low
     
inflorescence     length 6 - 7 cm  (2.4" - 2.8"), basal  
  nr flowers 1, fragrant
  size single flower  7 L 6 cm  (2.8" L 2.4")
  duration single flower, ≈ 20 - 22 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days
     
CITES appendix II

    

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